It’s been forever since my last post, but the only reason is… I don’t care about Hello! Project, anymore. I told everyone this at the beginning of my blog – Hello! Project isn’t my passion or anything. It was just a temporary interest that would go away soon. After my last blog post, the poll, I started listening to good stuff, like Green Day, Avril Lavigne, and even Paramore. I didn’t think American music was cheesy anymore, as soon as I listened to the right stuff.
Eventually, I became so interested in punk rock and pop that I dropped Hello! Project altogether. It wasn’t even an interest anymore, just a casual check up every few weeks on the latest song. I took a look at some of the stuff I used to like, and compared to hit songs by my favorite bands, it was kid’s stuff. Like, REALLY KID’S stuff. I couldn’t even believe I danced the corny dances.
I’m still the mean, Simon-Cowell like person, and I probably will start another blog soon, but I’ll be coming back to this one every few weeks. Okay? Bye!
I don’t HAVE a BOY yet… yes. Okay, anyways… the song… ROCKED. Like, ROCKED! It was totally awesome. I can’t believe Hello! Project, or rather, that Buono! company made this song. It’s too rockish and crazily cool. Even the PV was well made and decorative.
The PV takes place as Momoko, Airi, and Miyabi, possibly as spies. They’re on a secret mision (which probably has nothing to do with their boys or whatever), and the girls communicate with awesome mini headphones. It was really great, and the backgrounds were seriously worked on. It must have been in a mansion or castle or something, based on the dance shots. The rest is in a dark room with a man on a computer, and stuff like that. I’m telling you, it was incredible. Everything from the crazy colored outfits with deep touches of black, to the background and plot of the PV, was great. It’s probably the best PV of all of the Hello! Project releases ever.
The singing was great, as always. I think Airi stood out the most, with Moyabi sounding like the usual Airi, and Airi sounding a bit in the Momoko side. Momoko sounded really original, but when Airi’s in a song, she’s always the head, of course. The instrumental was wonderful, and so fast paced. I have a feeling this will be a fantastic karaoke song for those fan dubbers, like me. But it is indeed a fast and rockish song, with the back instruments superbly arranged and just no Tsunku back up vocals. Can I tell you anything else? It’s just fantastic in every way.
By the way, the end is really nice. It ends up the mission is to find the secret object at the end of their mission, and the object turns out to be a Buono! cake! Is this exceptionally for International Wota’s Anniversary? That’s really cool. Anyways, I totally laughed at that.
Okay, so here we are. Guardians 4, I don’t know if they’ve released their first single or not, but I’ve just heard it. It’s wonderful! I can’t stop listening to it, especially the rock on beginning. The opening is cute, too. Maybe this group is worthy of me watching them, anyways.
It’s called Omakase! Guardian. I guess it’s pretty good, and I’m starting to actually like this group now. I think one of those commenters on my skeptical post about the new group was really right, this group has surprised me a lot. I’ll be paying more attention to Guardians 4 right now.
Yeah, so I was pretty addicted to °C-ute’s latest single at first, but the annoying techno voices in the beginning, like everyone else is commenting, is finally getting on my nerves. Does anyone sense Perfume in this single? I do. There’s just some effects that sound better with Perfume than with younger voices from °C-ute. Is that why Perfume started out with songs that didn’t exactly have techno effects?
Anyways, back to the real review. So we’re seeing some line share here, are we? Mai and Saki seem to be minors once again, which actually makes sense. In fact, Mai gets a big solo line, the first one in the song. Saki gets one about as big shortly after that, and then Maimi and Airi take over once again. In the chorus, you’ll see some Chisato getting small solo lines, as well. Her voice is pretty different than when I last heard her, which makes it all worth it.
But poor Erika! I didn’t see her in the video until halfway in the video. In fact, it might just be me, but I didn’t hear her voice in any solo lines. I saw her singing in a duet line with Airi, which might be a good thing, but otherwise, I barely heard her. I didn’t even see her that much. Are things taking a turn without Kanna?
That reminds me. No Kanna. Wait, you must have known that by now. It’s all on the news. Kanna has a foot bunion or something, and she can’t be in this single, because she’s having surgery. That’s really sad, because she missed out on the almost even line share, with the poor exception of Erika.
So back to the real review. I really wanted to get to the outfits, because they’re pretty cool. I’m guessing they’re made out of something waterproof, because they’re all shiny and white and stuff. Everyone’s wearing basically the same thing, except for Airi, who’s wearing really short sleeves, and I’m trying to get back to another girl who had some pink sleeves on. Anyways, it doesn’t matter. The outfits really reminded me of this certain picture of Airi, I think from that concert where it was called… I think… Berryz Kamen. I’m not sure. But anyways, here’s the picture.
Did they recycle the outfit? Because it looks really similar, with the colors and design and all. Anyways, they’re short, like always. There’s not much else to say than that.
The song was plain annoying. The beginning is flooded with techno sound effects, not actually sound effects, but English speaking parts. Like, “Hate control.” I don’t know, it just sounds really weird. Especially because nothing matches with nothing. The middle is flooded with these parts, too, therefore ruining the nicely matchec chorus and Chisato solo lines.
The chorus, by the way, was okay. I mean, I like listening to it now and then, but it’s not on the tops. The only reason I listen to this song is to remember Chisato’s voice and cherish the sound of it. Then again, there’s mostly Airi, who evewn though is my favorite member, tends to get on my nerves sometimes. It’s not her fault, but her voice hasn’t really improved. It’s gotten more nasually and squeaky, therefore ruining the nice effects of Maimi and Chisato’s voices. Yes, I’ve actually started to like Maimi.
Finally, the dance. It’s obviously not too bad, and the chorus’s, “Bye bye bye.” is actually pretty catchy. I guess it’s not too hard, but I haven’t seen the dance shot yet, so I can’t really say it yet. The solo line’s parts look really difficult for me, and there’s also so much energy put into it. There’s no way I can say how good it is yet.
So all in all I guess it hit pretty nicely on me. Except with the cheesy and corny techno effects and the only almost even line share, with Chisato only getting two worded solo lines, it’s pretty good. Even though Chisato only got a few solo lines, she still got something, and it’s better than nothing, right? I’ll be looking forward to hear other people’s reviews,. anyways.
Okay, so basically, I’m using te dictionary of anime to help me out here. I used to be an anime fanatic, and here’s my knowledge put to the test.
Shugo! Chara’s Amu Hinamori is awarded to… Momoko Tsugunaga.
Actually, it’s quite the other way around for Momoko here. I think because she wanted to have a good fan base, or be incredibly popular or something, she tried to act cute, so that people would like her. Yes, it worked, but ony for a while. Then, Momoko starts to realize (Buono!) she can actually use her real voice, and people will like her for who she is, or else they are not fans. Amu shares some relation to Momoko here, because she doesn’t trust the fact that real friends are people who like her for who she is, not how she acts. I guess I’m making all of this up, but to me, it really does make some sense.
Lucky Star’s Konata Izumi is awarded to… Airi Suzuki.
It’s not the anime obsession and the hidden smartness or anything, but both characters are just plain out weird. In a way, they have so much power over everything they do – from what people see of them – and what people think of their character. They also both have a cute kind of funkiness that makes random people laugh too much. To add to all of that, both characters do some weird dancing around and like to play games.
The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya’s Haruhi Suzumiya is awarded to… Reina Tanaka.
I have no idea why I just did that. Why did I just put Reina as Haruhi? It makes no sense whatsoever. Actually, maube a little bit. Haruhi is solemn at first sights, but when she really opens herself up, she’s a fun, enjoyable charater with a sarcastic but loveable personality. It exaggerates a bit for Reina, but it works in the slightest way.
Ultra Maniac’s Nina Sakura is awarded to… Koharu Kusumi.
I was also going to put her as Kirari Tsukishima, but I changed my mind. It’s not really an excellent match in any way – Kirari is careless and lucky – but Koharu has nowhere near the amount of luck Kirari has (becoming an famous idol in a week, no one having a grudge against Kirari, no haters of any sort), and Koharu just isn’t as bubbly and excited. It’s a good thing, because Koharu has a child inside her, and isn’t so grown up and mature like Ai Takahashi. That’s also whjat I like about Risa Niigaki. Nina Sakura is really hyper, but has a sad side, too. A caring, loving person, Nina is most definitely Koharu.
DiGi Charat’s Digiko is awarded to… Chinami Tokunaga.
Chinami has this stubborn but cute side to her, and has a short temper, like Digiko. Even though Digiko is a particularly nasty girl at times, her kind times match up with Chinami’s. Bubbly, cute, and foolish sometimes.
Cardcaptor Sakura’s Sakura Kinomoto is awarded to… Yuuka Maeda.
Yuuka is funny and bouncy, just like Sakura. It’s like Sakura was made because of Yuuka, because they’re both free and independent, and have high pitched voices. They like pink and white, cherry blossoms, you name it. Yuuka is even carefree and careless, like Sakura. I couldn’t find a better match.
These are the new Shugo! Chara songs, either for openings or endings, by Guardians 4 and Buono!. MY BOY by Buono! is really cool and trendy, far better than Co. No. Michi. Guardian 4’s single is also not what I expected. When the full versions come out of both I’ll do a review and compare them, I guess, because they’re both at the same high line for me as Missing by Gackt. Which is a really good thing.
How many Shugo! Chara groups do we need? First we had Buono!, which was already an awesome start, and then we had pretty much useless Shugo! Chara Eggs, and now the ever so called Guardians 4. It’s Risako Sugaya, Yurina Kumai, Aika Mitsui, and Saki Nakajima.
First of all, I am not impressed with this bad clash. Four terrible singers, with the exception of okay Yurina, one of who only has the talent to sustain an audience for two seconds (Aika), an earbreaking singer who shouts for her life (Risako), a squeaky mouse (Saki), and a singer who’s at least a foot taller than the rest (Yurina). I may be criticizing and exaggerating quite a bit here, but it’s all true for me. How can Tsunku think this way? Then again, it might make some sense.
Saki and Aika have had experience, in that other group thing… that did Seishun Love Lunch… what was it? Something about a frog? Athena and Robikerottsu, that’s it. That’s two experienced extra group members. Then, there’s Yurina, who’s never been in a side group before, leaving Chinami to be the last one chosen to be in an extra group (why not? She’s perfect for anime! Bubbly, cheerful, loud, noisy, and everything possible). There’s also Risako, the most pointless decision ever. Although Risako has been in 4KIDS with Mai Hagiwara, Airi Suzuki, and Maasa Sudou, Risako and Yurina are the worst choices ever, both as fun to be with as pet rocks. Saki is somewhat playful with her friends, but in front of the camera, she’s somewhat shy. Aika manages a cute smile but nothing else.
What’s going to happen with this group? I have no idea.
It’s not your regular Hello! Project dubbing, cover group. Even though it’s exactly like every other Hello! Project cover group out there, including mine, there’s a warm, kind feel to it. It’s like the project’s really going to be a great group, and a wonderful team. I don’t know why I’m getting this brain wave that I absolutely have to keep auditioning until I get in, but it sure seems like I have to. Is it the curry? Or the morning? You know what? I really don’t know.
The project seems a bit demanding at first, though. The auditions require a clip of you singing a Japanese song solo of your choice, with no background music, but that’s not all. It requires you not to rush and to record your tune, power, and control correctly, as well as record two harmonies of the song… what’s it called again?
Then again, the leaders are very nice and fun. There’s games to play in the forums, and the group, in fact, has already started. I’m guessing Generation One is the leaders. So have fun auditioning and stuff!
