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Tsunku♂ has actually been offering Up-Front cheerful songs all this time, but they’re always turned down!

Posted by Henkka on April 9, 2017
Posted in: 2ch. Tags: Tsunku♂. 16 comments

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/01/02(月) 09:14:11.67 0.net
Source: Twitter.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/01/02(月) 09:16:23.11 0.net

@haroneiture: @tsunkuboy Wouldn’t you agree that all your songs as of late tend to be quite dark? I have to be honest: it can be a downer and it’s not very fun as a listener. I want Morning Musume to do the more cheerful kinds of songs they had in the past, like LOVE Machine and The☆Peace!

@tsunkuboy: Yep. But see, I do also offer them brighter, more fun material every time. (laughs)

12: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/01/02(月) 09:22:15.78 0.net
I thought this was fake, but damn, he actually said it!

22: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/01/02(月) 09:24:22.97 0.net
I wonder just what sort of hidden meaning is included in that “(laughs)” of his…?

34: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/01/02(月) 09:26:24.65 0.net
It’s obviously a strained laugh. Like, “there’s nothing I can do about it.“

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Without Tsunku♂, what sets Hello! Project apart from all the other idols?

Posted by Henkka on April 7, 2017
Posted in: 2ch, Wota. Tags: Tsunku♂. 29 comments

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/02/10(金)
There was a clear difference between H!P and other idols when Tsunku was there. Now, there’s absolutely none. So then the question is: why do you still keep being a fan of H!P and not some other idol group? Answer me that — if you can.

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/02/10(金)
There was no difference between H!P and any other idol group even when Tsunku♂ was there. (Sorry, was I not supposed to give a serious reply so soon into the thread?)

5: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/02/10(金)
There are still the songs Tsunku left behind.

15: 名無し募集中。。。 2017/02/10(金)
There was a difference when Tsunku was there. Tsunku was the producer and he wrote all the songs. There was something about those Tsunku songs that could really touch you, and that’s why I came to like H!P. But now? You don’t even know who’s producing them. The songs are all done by some no-name songwriters, and they’re all shit. This isn’t H!P.

1. 大の大人さん 2017年02月10日 21:58
Well, since you’re going so far as to ask me directly, I’ll tell you.

It’s because Momochi is there.

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Momochi tries to seduce Kumai-chan to get what she wants

Posted by Henkka on April 6, 2017
Posted in: 2ch, Berryz Koubou, Country Girls. Tags: Kumai Yurina, Tsugunaga Momoko. 11 comments

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/31(土) 21:36:37.58 0.net

小判@忘れないあの日の歌と @asami_konno
2016/12/31 20:57

Very satisfied with this Peach Bears happening. 😍

On the topic of how everyone in Country is so tiny and cute compared to Kumai-chan:
Tsugunaga: “So who (in Country Girls) did you think was the cutest?”
Kumai: “???”
Tsugunaga (clinging on to Kumai-chan, whispering into her ear): “Say Momochi!”
Kumai: “Momochi, apparently.”
Tsugunaga: “Hey! 💢” #berryz

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/31(土) 21:37:05.97 0.net
How cunning.

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/31(土) 21:37:28.88 0.net
This turns me on.

7: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/31(土) 21:39:19.40 0.net
I’m glad to be a Berryz wota.

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Tsunku♂ Love Theory: “The Motherly Woman”

Posted by Henkka on April 5, 2017
Posted in: Other. Tags: Kominato Miwa, Tsunku♂. 4 comments

Lots of women are fun for play,
but when it’s time to marry…

Don’t you find that in any one class in school, there’s always that one girl who everyone calls “mother” or “mom“?

“Mom” is one of those nicknames that tends to stick even if the girl in question was to transfer classes. In fact, even if she changes schools altogether and is surrounded by people she doesn’t know, her new classmates will soon have adopted for her the nickname of “mom” just the same. The characteristics for girls like that tend to include roundish features, a light complexion, and a bright, warm aura. She’s also broad-minded, she takes care of the people around her, and she has a sort of heartiness about her.

Girls like that might not be terribly pleased about being called “mom.” “Why won’t everyone call me by (name)-chan?” “I’m only 16 years old…” But it’s really nothing to worry yourself over. People calling you “mom” is not the same as them calling you an old auntie. If anything, being called “mom” is a compliment — in fact, it’s a sign of popularity.

To begin with: all guys out there are more or less mommy’s boys. No guy out there dislikes a motherly girl. It’s often said that when guys begin to think it’s embarrassing to depend on their mothers, that’s when they first fall in love with someone. In other words, guys spend their whole lives in pursuit of a mother figure. When it becomes too embarrassing to rely on their mothers, they look at girls closer to their own age, unconsciously seeking for a replacement to their mothers.

And indeed: once more they are back to sucking on a breast.

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English Thread

Posted by Henkka on April 4, 2017
Posted in: 2ch, Wota. 27 comments

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:18:51.98 0
Rape you.

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:19:25.32 0
PENIS

5: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:20:57.79 0
I love Chayu.
You too.

42: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:46:08.41 0
Saki Nakajima (a.k.a nksk) has a fish-like face.

11: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:26:26.37 0
i was gay

9: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/06/21(木) 15:25:28.92 0
I like sandwich.

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Ogata Haruna receives written message from Starbucks barista: “I support Morning Musume ’16. ♡”

Posted by Henkka on April 3, 2017
Posted in: 2ch, Morning Musume. Tags: Ogata Haruna. 11 comments

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/27(火) 21:22:55.72 0.net

White Mocha \(^^)/ Ogata Haruna
http://ameblo.jp/mm-12ki/entry-12232383983.html

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/27(火) 21:23:58.45 0.net
That’s scary.

4: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/27(火) 21:24:46.70 0.net
I don’t know why that strikes me as creepy somehow.
Just say it to her out loud if you’re going to.

7: 名無し募集中。。。 2016/12/27(火) 21:25:53.88 0.net
It’s a paper-thin difference… (laughs)

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Tsunku♂ Love Theory: “The Ugly Woman”

Posted by Henkka on April 3, 2017
Posted in: Other. Tags: Shinoda Miho, Tsunku♂. 10 comments


It’s way cooler to be ugly
than it is to be just “kind of” cute!

In the eyes of society, almost all of the girls who are well-liked are the ones who are sociable, have big eyes, great bodies, fast feet, and are always within the top three most popular girls in class.

But let’s say there were 20 girls in a class — I’ve always been someone who’d probably fall for something like the 12th cutest girl of those 20. I like the girls who society might deem “ugly.” If you asked me why I like ugly girls, it might be a bit hard to explain as it’s all a matter of taste, but I guess what it all comes down to is: if they have that one charm point about them, I can forgive everything else.

It feels like society itself is going through a kind of “ugliness boom” right now. A part of it is because of how R&B got so popular. ’99 was definitely the peak year of this “ugliness boom” in Japan. It feels like all those R&B and “afro groups” specifically tried to make themselves look uglier. Taiyou to Ciscomoon’s Shinoda Miho might be an example of this. To me, Shinoda was the first person to succeed in popularizing ugliness.

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Tsunku♂ Love Theory: “Foreword”

Posted by Henkka on April 2, 2017
Posted in: Other. Tags: Tsunku♂. 7 comments

Note: See here before reading.

lovetheory

Foreword

The appeal of girls is something immeasurable.

That much is clearer to me now than ever, having been given the opportunity of producing the music of groups like Morning Musume and Taiyou to Ciscomoon. But while I do love women, I’m not a “women’s producer,” nor am I a “women’s critic.” It’s simply that, through my work in the field of music, I happened to become an overall producer of these girls. In the process, I’ve given them advice not only on music, but other, more insignificant things as well. And just like that, they’ve began to shine more as women, too.

Watching them undergo that change, I couldn’t help saying a word or two about the “hidden charms” of girls. That’s why I’m writing this book.

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