It is the return of the World’s Worst Blogging Gimmick. The idea was to do a tournament to decide my favorite idol, at the time, in correlation to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Instead, it is going to end at the same time the NBA season comes to a close. The only problem with this is that the NBA season ends almost three months after the NCAA’s.

The TLS Selection Committee is understandably ready stick my head on a pike for letting it get to this point. We had March Madness, a tournament of some 70-odd H!P idols to determine who would be my favorite. It took longer than expected, so we dived into April Madness. May came and went, without any conclusion. But finally, at long last, we can figure out who is my favorite, at the time.

The suspense must have been killing all of you.

Or no one cared anymore about it. And with just cause.

IN THIS ROUND:
1. Hitomi Yoshizawa vs 1. Maimi Yajima
2. Arisa Noto vs 2. Chisato Okai.

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In this round:
1. Hitomi Yoshizawa vs. 5. Rika Ishikawa
2. Koharu Kusumi vs. 3. Aika Mitsui
Yoshizawa Finals

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Yoshizawa Region

1. Hitomi Yoshizawa vs. 5. Rika Ishikawa
2. Koharu Kusumi vs. 3. Aika Mitsui

Yajima Region
1. Maimi Yajima vs. 4. Kanna Arihara
2. Chinami Tokunaga vs. 3. Sayumi Michishige

Suzuki Region
1. Airi Suzuki vs. 4. Risa Niigaki
2. Arisa Noto vs. 11. Ayumi Shibata

Tsugunaga Region
2. Chisato Okai vs. 11. Yuu Kikkawa
4. Mai Satoda vs. 8. Atsuko Maeda

Representatives
C-ute: 4
Morning Musume: 4
Ongaku Gatas: 4
AKB48: 1
Berryz Koubou: 1
Melon Kinenbi: 1
Milky Way: 1

In this round:
1. Hitomi Yoshizawa vs. 8. Danny Noriega
4. Miyabi Natsuyaki vs. 5. Rika Ishikawa

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In this round:
1. Hitomi Yoshizawa vs. 16. Akari Saho
8. MYSTERY IDOL A vs. 9. Kei Yasuda

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I watched Aya Matsuura’s 2007 Autumn ~Double Rainbow~ tour a few days ago. I have not watched an Aya Matsuura concert in a long time. I have had no reason to. She is no longer an artist that I greatly enjoy. In fact, whenever I watch her, I am just reminded of why I used to like her instead of why I currently like her.

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It seems like times are bad for Hello!Project. Berryz Koubou is going to release another uninspiring single. C-ute is going to follow up the fantastic Tokaiko Junjou with Lalala Shiawase no Uta, a song that’s already frowned upon by many after the 58th Kouhaku. Morning Musume’s next single is delayed. Natsumi Abe and Maimi Yajima’s single, 16sai no Koi Nante, did not sell well and I have a sneaking suspicion the blame for it will be laid upon Maimi. Risako Sugaya is dangerously risking overexposure by releasing a third photobook, which is unjustly coming before the first photobooks of Aika Mitsui, Li Chun, Chinami Tokunaga, Kanna Arihara and others.

Despite all of that, good news has arrived today! V-u-den is breaking up! It may not seem like it, but it is good news.

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The Close Up PV of Yattarouze! is out. It’s pretty standard fare. However, in one scene, we get something completely different. On the final chorus, at the “wow” part, we get this…

It doesn’t even last a full second, yet I’m looking this far into it.

Nine different attempts to produce one single facial expression. First of all,
all of these were too closeup to enjoy this face in its full effect. Besides that, how well did Ongaku Gatas show this expression? What are we looking for here? It’s simple, to pull off the perfect surprised look. What is the perfect surprised look? Well…

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Eight days, not bad!

Ongaku Gatas is a fantastic group. I’m aware people get attached to certain groups (Berryz Koubou) and refuse to look towards alternatives (C-ute). However, I think you can get a different appreciation of your old group (Morning Musume) by seeing how amazing a better group (Ongaku Gatas) is.

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