Mukidashi de Mukiatte

I finally got a chance on singing one of my favorite songs from 2016! This song to be honest was kind of hard record but it got more fun as I kept recording. Anyways, I hope you enjoy and I am planning to upload at least one more video sometime this month or during January. 

Late Birthday Haul

Even though this is extremely late and it is almost a month after my birthday, I still want to show you guys what I got.

 From my friends, I got some candy and a Hello Kitty piggy bank. All the snacks are so nice and I just love the piggy bank. I have not yet ate any of the candies and I will be willing to do that soon :) 

The next things I got are the things that my dad brought back from Japan. 

 The first thing is the latest Morning Musume'14 single! :) I think that both songs are great and I just like how different each song is. It also came with a picture of Kanon and a poster. 

  The 2nd thing is some of the issues of Watamote that I didn't have yet. Those who haven't seen the anime, I highly recommend it because it is very funny and those who are a little anti-social can definitely relate to it.

The 3rd thing I got was the 2014-2015 Hey! Say! JUMP calendar! I really like this years calendar and it has really good pictures. 

CDs! :D

Yesterday, I got a package from my grandma in Japan and I got two CDs! One of them is Morning Musume' 14's latest single Egao no Kimi no wa Taiyou/Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai/What is Love? and Hey! Say! JUMP's Ainoarika/Aisureba Motto Happy life. 

昨日、私のおばあちゃんから荷物がとどきました。その中に私が頼んだCDありました。Hey! Say! JUMPのAinoarika/愛すればもっとハッピーライフとモーニング娘'14の笑顔の君は太陽さ/君の代わりは居やしない/What is Love?を頼みました。

Apparently, this single comes with a picture of a member which I had no clue about. I got Sakura btw!

Wagamama ki no mama ai no joke

I know that the video came out about a week ago but I still want to share my thoughts about this song. I love it! I like how the lines are more distributed although I still wish Kanon and Kuduu would be more part of the spotlight. As for the video, I feel like Up-Front decided not to be cheap and they have 2 outfits rather than one. I feel like it's been forever since they had 2 outfits for one song! I believe the last time they had 2 outfits were for Maji de Suka Ska. The dance is awesome and the PV shows everyone equally and I just love this song! 

Ai no Gundan

The dance shot version was uploaded today on Hello Station! ^-^ When I first heard it, I thought the beginning was kind of weird and I also thought the dance was kind of weird too. But when I started to listen to this song over and over again, I started to really like it. I think the arrangement is very unique and I feel like it's something I haven't heard before. I recommend you guys to listen to it! ^-^ 

 

Brain Storming

The "Loose version" for MoMusu's new single that's coming out in April is out! :) I actually listened to this song as soon I went on the computer in the morning lol. At first, I honestly didn't like it but I guess that was probably because I was still tired and all that. I'm actually impressed with this single. Just like the previous singles, the dances are just amazing. Also I think this song shows some promise on what Momusu would be like when both Reina and Sayu graduates. I was honestly concerned at some point for example, if they can still sell at least 10,000 even when they graduate but this song made me feel relieved and I think they'll do great in the future. I hope MoMusu will be back at the top again someday! :D Ganbare! :) 

 

Help me number #1 on the daily charts?

Okay I know they were #1 a few days ago on the charts and I checked again this morning and they got their spot back! :) From what I can see, this single is doing really well and at this rate, they will be #1 on the weekly charts(unless Super Junior somehow sells more than Morning Musume) What I think of this is that I think it's a really good thing that Morning Musume has been doing well for the past three singles and probably slowly gaining back their popularity. Though I honestly wish that Up Front would've promoted them more during the Platinum era because I think that line-up was amazing. I'm not saying that the current line-up isn't good but I'm just saying that I think it was better to promote them more earlier before autotune became highly used and JunJun, LinLin and Kamei Eri graduated. 

When I watched the documentary/interview video involving their 50th single, the staff asked people if they knew the current Morning Musume. Obviously, people only knows the golden era. People in the documentary said that they somewhat knew the current MoMusu, heard Niigaki's graduating and Sayu being the next leader, a middle aged women saying she stills listens to them(only Love Machine and the peace) then the staff asks if she knew any of their latest songs and said she doesn't, and people who doesn't know what's going on with them at all because of the lack of TV appearances. When I heard that, I was pissed even I can't blame that if they're not TV, they won't know but the thing that bothered me the most was that people don't know any of their latest songs. They only know Love Machine, The Peace, Renai Revolution 21 etc. After watching this, I told my mom about it and she said that only knows Momochi and her Yurushite Nyan song lol. I just hope that someday, Morning Musume will be known again and when they're on Muste, Kouhaku etc, I'll be like, I supported them before they reached the top again! :D 

Wait, Reina's graduating? The Tanaka Reina?

 Even though this was announced yesterday(I woke up and went on my computer and found out she was graduating),these are my thoughts about Reina graduating. And I wanted to make the title interesting because I think having a title about so and so is just boring. Anyways, at first, I couldn't believe it. I mean Reina graduating? I always thought Sayu will graduate first but I never imagined Reina having to announce that she's graduating. The reason I couldn't believe it was because shes the face of Morning Musume. She always gets the most solos and she was pretty much the star from the beginning. I feel like without Reina, it's not Morning Musume because of Reina again being the face. But other than that, I hope she'll do well in her band and I hope she'll have a bright future ahead of her! :D

Happy Late B-day Harunan! ^-^

I know her Birthday was few days ago but I just want to say, Happy Birthday Harunan! ^-^ はるなん、ちょっと遅いですけど、誕生日おめでとうございます！^-^ I can't believe shes 18! D: She doesn't look 18 at all! I think she looks 16. But yeah...I really like Haruna-chan because I think shes unique and I think shes a good speaker. Not the best dancer or singer but I'm sure she'll improve overtime and maybe shes just a little slow. I didn't like her at first but at the same time, I was happy that someone over 13 got in. I don't have much other things to say but ganbare Haruna! ^-^ 

Happy Birthday Haruka Kudou! ^-^

Today is Kudou Haruka's(Morning Musume) B-day! ^-^ I just want to say, Happy 13th Birthday! I completely forgot to make a video for her because I was too focused on making something for Niigaki and Fukumura that I completely forgot about Kudou :( But I wanted to wish her Happy Birthday and I hope she'll get more lines in the future and be more awesome than she is right now! ^-^ 

Wakuteka take a chance thoughts

Okay so the completed PV for Wakuteka take a chance is finally out! ^-^ Well it's been out for a while out now but yeah...anyways I really like this song! I think it's super catchy and I really want to learn this. Not a huge fan of the PV since I'm not really into sexy shots and I think the 9th and 10th generation are a little young for that. 

Happy 1 year anniversary Morning Musume 10th generation and Sexy Zone! ^-^

I can't believe today is Morning Musume 10th generation and Sexy Zone's 1 year anniversary! ^-^  Time goes by so fast....I feel like they both improved and will continue to improve. :) 

I'm gonna start with the 10th generation. I remember a year ago, feeling so excited to see who passed and I couldn't wait but that day eventually came somewhat quickly. I remember going on my computer and going on TokyoGraph feeling super excited. When I first saw the result, I was super disappoint. Why was I feeling disappointed? Because my favorite finalist Sara Murakami didn't pass. A lot of people wanted her to pass because she was a good singer and I believe the 10th generation audition was to look for someone who can replace Takahashi Ai after she graduated. I knew Kudou Haruka would make it because she has a husky voice and I'm sure Tsunku liked her. I was somewhat expecting Iikubo Haruna to make it even though I didn't really like her back then but I wanted someone who was a little older than 12-13 years old to make it. I wasn't really expecting Ayumi Ishida or Masaki Sato to make it since I was so focused Sara Murakami to be a member. I felt upset then about the result and wrote that on this blog how I was feeling. Now, I really like the 10th generation and I'm glad those are the girls who got chosen to join Morning Musume. I really like Haruna and Ayumi because of their personalities and I think they're really pretty. Even though Haruna isn't a very good dancer yet, I'm sure she will improve overtime. And Ayumi, I started liking her when I saw this video of them promoting their concert tour T-shirts and she couldn't stop laughing for some reason and I found that really funny. She has potential and I want to continue seeing them grow into wonderful young ladies :) 

Next up, Sexy Zone! ^-^ As some you guys know, those guys and the 10th generation were announced on the same day. When they were first announced, I had no particular interest in them because I was so focused on the 10th generation members plus I didn't really know 60% of the members and I wasn't really interested in B.I Shadow. But occasionally I would look them up online and look at the members profile to see what they were like. I unfortunately didn't know 3 of the members(Sato, Matsushima, Marius) because they were so new and I haven't been keeping up with the latest Juniors.(I only knew the popular Juniors from 2009. Morimoto Shintaro, Hip Hop JUMP, B.I Shadow etc) I was first interested in Sato Shori after seeing him on Yan Yan JUMP and thought he was cute lol. I was happy when I figured out that he was the dude who I thought was cute(didn't know his name till I found him in one of my magazines lol) got chosen to debut. 

But I really didn't get interested in them till they were on Music Station. I was curious to see what they're debut song was like. When I first heard it, I was surprised how high the song was for a guy song. I also found it surprisingly catchy. I started to really like the song and I decided to buy their song at Kinokuniya the next time I went there when I figured out they're song wasn't selling as well as I thought it would. They only had the limited versions so I bought the D version. I really like that version but I really wanted the instrumentals so I ended up asking some people if I can use it. I really regretted not asking some of my relatives in Japan if they can get it for me but I was too embarrassed to tell them I liked them. I was embarrassed to even tell my parents. I ended memorizing the song in a month(still have it memorized) and some of the choreography.

 As for the members, I tried to chose the members by their personalities rather than they're looks because I didn't want to chose someone just by their looks like I did for Hey! Say! JUMP. Again, I was first interested in Shori so I liked him first but Marius ended up growing on me(love the little fella! ^^) and I felt like I chose him personality wise rather than looks(he is only a kid so yeah...) At first I didn't like him and I honestly didn't understand why people said he was cute. But at the same time, I was concerned on what kind of fan-base he might have. I was concerned that he might have a fanbase of a bunch of people older than him(Even I'm older than him, I certainly don't look like it plus I'm only a few years older so yeah...) But as I was watching the PV making, Johnnys Jr land, I started to learn a lot of things about that including reading magazines and I started to like him, When I first showed Sexy Zone to my mom, she was like, "oh you like Marius?" and I was thinking how old do you think I am?? lol. Anyways, I think Marius is a very interesting kid and I can see some stardom in this kid. :) As for the other members, I love them all! ^-^ They're all awesome and even though I got super upset when they're 2nd single was on the same day as Renai Hunter, they're still awesome! XD I hope all of them will keep on doing well and I will likely continue to support them! ^-^

Morning Musume 11th generation thoughts

 I wasn't expecting the result to be out this early, well I'm sure all of us weren't expecting it. So this morning, as soon as I woke up, I went on the computer and on facebook, I liked the H!P news page, Hello Sayuni and the result for the audition was up. When I first saw who it was, I was really glad it was Oda Sakura. When I saw a bit of the 3rd round on Hello Satoyama Life, I also wanted the Nice Girl Project Research Member Haruka Ono to get in too. I find it interesting they've already announced it even though they haven't shown the training camp round on TV. At first, I was a little disappointed that nobody had a strong voice like Takahashi Ai and the fact a lot of them were a bunch of 12 years olds. Anyways, what I think of the result is that for once, Tsunku finally chose a girl with a decent voice(I'm not saying that the 9th and 10th generation are horrible, I love them! <3) and I think he really did try to stick to the audition's name instead of doing whatever he wants as always and just choose the members he's interested in. Also I actually wanted at least 2 because 4 is too many but I think 2 is just enough for now and the two I wanted to get into Morning Musume was one of them Oda Sakura and Ono Haruka. And what I'm worried about Sakura is that she might end up being like Mitsui Aika. For example, Aika was first pretty main but later on, she got pushed to the back but overall, I really am satisfied with the results and I hope Sakura will do well! :) Ganbare!

Yay! Sexy Zone concert DVD :)

So on Saturday, my grandma came for a visit and shes staying for a week and I got some stuff! :) 
First off, I finally got the Sexy Zone concert DVD. I really wanted the limited edition because it has footages of their first concert. 

I also got their photo book :) There were info about the members and I did like it. I wished it has more pictures but oh well. 

And lastly, I finally got another picture of Niigaki Risa! :) I know it's not Johnnys related but I've been waiting to get this pic for a while now and I finally got it! I wish I can get more pictures of her but I guess I'll have to find another way because I'm bad at getting things online. 

Risa Niigaki and Aika Mitsui graduated from Morning Musume and 11th generation audition??

After watching the video from Mezamashi tv about Niigaki Risa and Mitsui Aika's graduation, it made me really sad and I'm glad I covered Renai Hunter before their graduation. As I'm writing this, I feel like I'm gonna cry. I really wish Niigaki the best of luck on her acting and Aika on whatever she might do. I really want her to have a solo career because she was so underated in MoMusu and she is really talented. I think she has a really nice voice and I loved her personality. I loved the fact that she speaks Kansai dialect and I really hope someday, there will be more people from Kansai because I know there are talented people out there in Kansai and they're known for making people laugh. As for Niigaki, she was my favorite member in MoMusu. I fell in love with her voice after listening to Do it! Now and her solo is my favorite part of the song. And that's how she became my favorite member. She was my favorite member before I got into MoMusu full time. 

And cause of the fact, Niigaki and Mitsui graduated, it seems like they're gonna do the 11th generation audition. When I first went on the official HP website, I got really excited and I've been wanting to audition for Morning Musume since the 9th generation so to me, it's a chance for me to audition. The #1 problem is, if I pass the first round, I might have to go to Japan and get interviewed and stuff and I can't afford to go to Japan so that's my problem. I just wish it's more international because there are a lot of international MoMusu fans. My thought is that if they ever do a international audition, well they did in China but they're weren't too successful there. I want them to do something like the MBC audition. For example, upload a video on YouTube of yourself singing and possibly get a free plane ticket to Japan if you pass the round to go to Japan. In general, I think they should be more welcoming to international people in any MoMusu major auditions because right now, international people have to do spend more money maybe if they pass the first round.

Double GET

These actually arrived over 2 weeks ago(a week after my birthday) but I was really sick so I couldn't show them to you guys. Anyways, I got Renai Hunter and Lady Diamond. Because I asked my aunt to buy them and completely forgot to tell her what version I wanted, I ended up getting the C version for Renai Hunter and the B version for Lady Diamond. 

Because my CD player for my computer might be broken, I can't put them on my ipod but for Lady Diamond, I already got the mp3s because I couldn't wait so yeah....I am planning to do song reviews for both of these CDs so stay tuned! Oh yeah, I also got a bag and a poster for Lady Diamond but I couldn't get a good photo of the poster so here is a picture of the back of the bag. 

2 year anniversary

So, today is my 2 year anniversary! ^-^ I've been singing on YouTube for 2 years now. I had some good experiences and I had some bad experiences. For example, I learned how to use movie maker and audio mix and record which are the good ones. The bad ones is that I got bullied by aggressive Japanese people. Anyways, I was at Canada over the weekends and I went to Book Off! :) These are the things I bought. :D 

 Cause I'm not good at fashion, I got these 2 fashion magazines for 4.00! It costed only 2.00 for one. :) 

 I also got, Ouran High School Host Club Vol.3! The prices pretty much the same as it is in the U.S but since it was in good shape, I decided to buy it. 

 Lastly, I got a Morning Musume CD ^^ This one also costed 2.00 so I decided to buy it. I can't any CDs into my computer because my CD thing is broken sadly :(

JunJun in a movie!

So, it seems like former Morning Musume member is in a movie. Not sure what's it about cause I don't know Chinese but I'm glad JunJun is in something but at the same time, I'm kinda disappointed that it's kinda scary and it's kinda sexual which are the things I really hate. This is something nobody would do WHILE they are in Morning Musume. It kinda of reminds me of Ai Kago when I read her agency wanted her to be in a porn film but I don't think that happened.

Finally got it! ^-^

I went to Seattle over the weekends and I finally got the magazine I wanted! Magazines that features Morning Musume are really hard to find. And this one costed me about 26.00 :( But I think it was worth it cause they're so hard to find. I also wanted to buy Potato but I didn't buy it cause I don't really have any money and Cool-up is really expensive. 

I also love to get cute notebooks and letter sets! ^-^ 

Beard Papa was really good! 

Will Renai Hunter be #1 on the Oricon charts?

I really was expecting Morning Musume to be #1 on the Oricon charts for Renai Hunter but now, they'll have some stiff competition. As it was announced today or yesterday in Japan time, it was announced that Sexy Zone will be releasing their 2nd on the same day. It is still untitled but Yuuki 100% seems like it'll be one of the coupling tracks instead of it being the main song. This left me really sad. :( And I almost cried lol. I wanted Morning Musume to be #1 since they haven't had a #1 song since 2009 also cause it's Niigaki's last single but now, that is highly unlikely to happen. Cause of the fact that Sexy Zone is a Johnny's group, they have a bigger fanbase and they are obviously more known. Their debut single, was also released on the same day as Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku by Mobekimasu. At that time, my kindness got the advantage of me. It made me focus on them more than Hello Project because they weren't selling as well as other Johnny's groups would and it made me wanna support them. But this time, I know they'll do a lot better than last time cause their popularity is going up and I still want to support them but I'm shocked that Johnny's chose the same day as Renai Hunter. I'll try to focus on Renai Hunter as much as possible and this time, I'll try not to get my kindness take advantage of me. But I might end up getting both singles cause when I told my mom that they're releasing on the same day, she said she'll ask my aunt for both.