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Tokunaga Chinami reports in after a month of studying abroad: “I can’t speak English at all.”

Posted by Henkka on March 12, 2016
Posted in: 2ch, Berryz Koubou. Tags: . 7 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/19(火) 17:30:49.61 0.net

It’s now been over a month since I started studying abroad! I still can’t speak English at all. (^^) I try to strike up conversations at restaurants or when I’m buying ice cream or stuff, but I’ve gotten into the bad habit of getting through those conversations by just smiling a lot. (laughs)

Still, I’m so glad I decided to come study abroad. (^^) I’ve made friends with lots of people I would’ve otherwise never met in Japan, and I have the support of so many people here! So that’s why I’ll definitely become able to speak English!!! To start off, I have to start by cutting back on using gestures so much. (laughs)

I have school tomorrow so I’m going to go sleep now!
Good night 🌝❤️
#myfirsttimethinkingaboutmystudiesthisseriously
#fornowimkeepingadaily
#English
#diary
#school
#fun!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAo2mIxhj77/

4: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/19(火) 17:32:53.84 0.net
Well duh.

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What’s the point of wearing wota T-shirts at concerts?

Posted by Henkka on March 12, 2016
Posted in: 2ch, Wota. 6 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/08/21(金) 10:53:27.32 0.net
Please do tell if I actually have anything to gain by doing so.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/08/21(金) 10:56:09.75 0.net
It increases loyalty.

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/08/21(金) 10:57:42.53 0.net
Serious reply: it’s just comfortable. Plus, when you wear one, you get into that wota mode as if by magic.

171: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/08/21(金) 13:46:53.27 0.net
>>3
That’s true about the wota mode. It’s sort of like what uniforms do for athletes.

185: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/08/21(金) 14:38:49.02 0.net
>>3
This, I think. Also, you feel glad if you see someone else besides you wearing a shirt of that less-popular member you both like.

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What do the Hello! Project arrangers actually do?

Posted by Henkka on March 8, 2016
Posted in: 2ch. 5 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/08/15(金) 20:08:49.90 0.net
Because I don’t really know the answer to be honest.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/08/15(金) 20:10:03.69 0.net
>>1
Well, it depends on the arranger. But as a general rule, the composer comes up with the melodies and everything else is the arranger’s responsibility.

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/08/15(金) 20:11:06.25 0.net
It’s the job of completing a song.

8: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/08/15(金) 20:14:12.32 0.net
Well, you know how a song can sound completely different if you play it on a piano versus if you play it on a guitar? What the arranger does is take the melody created by the composer, figure out the mood the song needs to have, and choose the most fitting instruments to make it happen.

6: 名無し募集中。。。 2014/08/15(金) 20:12:42.62 0.net
The composition is the bones of the song.
The arrangement is the flesh around the bones.

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Hello! Project COMPLETE SINGLE BOOK Interviews: Tsunku♂

Posted by Henkka on March 8, 2016
Posted in: Other. Tags: . 3 comments

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— I’ve heard so much about you from Lily Franky, who helped organize Sharan Q’s concerts.

Tsunku♂: Lily is the first celebrity I met after moving to Tokyo. Well, I don’t know if celebrity is the right word to describe him, but he was the only person I could depend upon. He was like my life coach. Lily Franky was the one person who would listen to whatever was on my mind.

— Lily’s told me you’d force him to watch Minami-Aoyama Shoujo Kagekidan‘s videos with you.

Tsunku♂: That’s right. (laughs) He liked idols, too, but mostly just the older ones. So I’d show him those videos and be all, “you have to get to know some of these newer idols, too!“

— Later on, you had Canary Club and Tokito Ami cover their song “SWEET & TOUGHNESS.” What made you get into that group in the first place?

Tsunku♂: Not to sound like the lyrics of “Single Bed,” but at the time I was really actively trying to resist being exposed to society’s trends. Before we made it big, I never watched TV, never listened to the radio, and whenever I happened to hear a song that was popular those days, it made me so annoyed. Like, “why is crap like this popular?!” Anyway, our record label, BMG Victor, ended up merging with Fun House, Nanshou’s (Minami-Aoyama Shoujo Kagekidan) record label. They had a bunch of samplers laying around so I just grabbed one, not thinking about it. I checked it out without knowing what I was even looking at, and I just got so hooked. It was something even Nanshou themselves were saying back then: “we have cute girls, but we also have ugly girls!” There was something so funny to me about that balance of the group. I thought that was pretty groundbreaking for an idol group. The group had members that made you think they’d be much better off without them!

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The hidden gems of Hello! Project music

Posted by Henkka on March 6, 2016
Posted in: 2ch. 19 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/16(土) 21:05:41.01 0.net
Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete (Morning Musume ’05)

5: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/16(土) 21:09:31.57 0.net
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14: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/16(土) 21:18:56.33 0.net
Miss Love Tantei
18 ~My Happy Birthday Comes!~
Pira Otome no Negai

Someone on here just told me about these the other day.

16: 平均点マイナス10 ◆wAkApBUsJQ 2016/01/16(土) 21:19:54.88 0.net
>>14
Miss Love Tantei is a good one, right?

18: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/16(土) 21:23:39.14 0.net
Musume has a lot of good early coupling songs, like MEMORY OF SUMMER ’98 and Tatoeba.

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Is it true that idols will hate you if you change your oshimen?

Posted by Henkka on March 6, 2016
Posted in: 2ch, Wota. 16 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/12/21(月) 07:29:24.59 0.net
Is it?

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/12/21(月) 07:33:45.91 0.net
Of course.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/12/21(月) 07:32:00.99 0.net
They look down upon you.

6: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/12/21(月) 07:40:21.91 0.net
The wota around you might care, but I don’t think the members themselves worry about each and every fan of theirs. You couldn’t be an idol if you did.

9: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/12/21(月) 07:55:47.10 0.net
It’s best to let go of that weird sense of duty and just become a shitty DD like the rest of us. You can have the most fun that way.

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Hello! Project’s Gacky♪ (aka Niigaki Risa) is asked to comment on Becky♪’s adultery scandal

Posted by Henkka on March 6, 2016
Posted in: 2ch, Morning Musume. Tags: . 5 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/08(金) 14:14:43.36 0.net

Niigaki Risa has no comment regarding Becky’s adultery scandal
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160108-00000516-sanspo-ent

On the topic of difficult past experiences, she mentioned her time in Momusu. “It was really tough, but I think it’s because of that time that I’m able to stand on all sorts of stages today, even alone by myself. So I’m thankful for having gone through those experiences,” she said, smiling.

When asked if she had a comment regarding 27-year-old talent, Becky, who is going through a difficult time herself with her recent adultery uproar, she replied “no,” looking perplexed.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/01/08(金) 14:17:02.60 0.net
LOL.

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Your impressions of Tsunku♂’s book “Dakara, Ikiru”

Posted by Henkka on March 6, 2016
Posted in: 2ch. Tags: . 2 comments

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1: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/09/10(木) 18:29:18.02 0.net
I want to hear what all you longtime followers of H!P and Terada thought of it.

0: Henkka 2016/03/06(日) 00:00:00.00 0.net
You can read a full English translation of “Dakara, Ikiru” here.

6: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/09/10(木) 18:36:42.59 0.net
The writing is so childlike, it’s obvious it really was written by him and not some ghostwriter.

7: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/09/10(木) 18:41:01.28 0.net
Just got it today and finished reading it in one sitting. While I already felt it listening to his songs, reading it reminded me that he really is a positive thinker. Also: what an amazing wife he has.

10: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/09/10(木) 19:01:17.24 0.net
He really did give his all when producing H!P.

8: 名無し募集中。。。 2015/09/10(木) 18:50:34.64 0.net
What a Terada-like book. Good stuff.

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