I have been trying too hard to write out what - in my eyes - would be the best reaction to the recent Kanna Arihara scandal.

I should have just posted my initial reaction.

There wasn’t and still isn’t much to post about though, at least not until an official decision is handed down. It may well end up being like the recent Miyabi Natsuyaki scandal - a bunch of hot air. Even if this is not the scandal to break Kanna’s back, it reminds me to enjoy what is in front of my face at this moment.

One day, Kanna’s career is going to come to an end. It may be in glory or it may be in disgrace. Either way, all careers do see an end. I shouldn’t be dropping any knowledge on anyone by saying this.

Besides the end of Kanna, C-ute, H!P, Perfume or any other act does not mean that I couldn’t live in the past for the rest of my days. I could grow old, deteriorating in a rocking chair while listening to Tokaikko Junjou. I would probably be drooling over myself and muttering “Tru..True Life Seek! Agh! Kanna!” Of course, I’d be listening to it on my iPod instead of a record player - actually an iPod will eventually be what a record player is today. Aw hell, I don’t even think my iPod could survive that long.

The point is that the old media isn’t going to just disappear like Kanna would.

So for now, Kanna is still in Hello!Project and everything is cool. The scandal did have some good consequences. It motivated me to put the finishing touches on another TLS blog. Yes, a Kanna Arihara picture blog. Like Nocchi Drives Me Wild, the sole purpose of this blog is just to post Kanna Arihara photos. Hopefully, there will be more to come in the future.

I think that I’ve made it clear how much I appreciate Kanna Arihara - as well as appreciating her lust for the other members of Hello!Project. Now she her haircut is looking more and more similar to Nocchi from Perfume. That’s just not fair.

Camera angles can do funny things. Like making a normal hand into this deformed, stubby mess.

That said, Kanna flirts with the camera better than anyone else right now. I bet the photographer for UFA is a woman.

I am going to keep telling people to go to #wotachat. I once ruled over the chatroom with an iron fist, instilling fear into the hearts of all. No longer. This entry from H!P Fangirling like Nobody’s Business was linked. Second Blossoming decided that this was the most appropriate response:

<SecondBlossoming> “Perphaps Kanna reads Broomhead’s blog?”
<SecondBlossoming> I think its Broomhead reads Kanna’s chest

I have to say that Kanna Arihara looks ridiculously good in the Namida no Iro outfits. To think that I once couldn’t understand why this girl was in Hello Project because of her forehead sticking out more than Tsuji’s chompers.

In this round:
1. Maimi Yajima vs. 4. Kanna Arihara
2. Chinami Tokunaga vs. 3. Sayumi Michishige
Yajima Finals

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There were not many Ai Kago reactions after all.

Buono’s Kiss!Kiss!Kiss! PV was released and can be viewed at some boys blog. I haven’t watched it yet so I don’t have any opinion. I just like that, after 2 previous singles, it’s possible to label this PV as “Typical Buono.”

There are more reviews for Perfume’s GAME. Shanimuni Paradise and boylikesmusicPerfume. It pains me to see that neither of them enjoy “take me take me” as much as I do. I will freely admit that I’m liking this song because it was made for the exact reasons Shanimuni points out:

If there was ever fan service in a song…….

They had an album called Fan Service, they are not above this!

I do enjoy that GAME is getting reactions to Perfume across the blogs. It’ll take some time to win over more fans and there are some who simply won’t pay attention to this group at all. This is slowly changing.

Posted on the Hello!Online tracker was Morning Musume’s appearance on Utaban. I am going to review this for TLS later on today as I have some fun comments for it. But real quick, this is a combination of mainstream Japan’s opinion of Morning Musume (Utaban doesn’t care about Momusu anymore) and an episode of Haromoni (boring rubbish as we watch Momusu watch other people do nothing). I would recommend watching this but it really is no different from the last few years of Morning Musume on these shows.

As for Airi Suzuki’s third photobook (from strawberrie)…

Aika. Kanna. Junjun.

2006: Def Diva
2007: GAM
2008: C-ute

When it happens, you can all call it the Rakuten Eagles Curse.

* Morning Musume doesn’t count since The Manpower was A) not intended for the baseball team, B) did not have Rakuten Eagles in the title and C) would ruin my theory.

My guesses as to how:

1 - Chisato Okai pulls out a knife in the middle of a concert and finally cuts a solo line. In who is debatable.

2 - Erika Umeda gets caught in a scandal and rocks the foundation of the unit - haha, yah right.

3 - Japan gets sick of teenage girls - haha, yah right.

4 - Airi becomes a full-time member of Buono. What something that could seriously happen?

5 - Either Maimi or Mai is getting pregnant, or both - and potentially with the same baby daddy.

I just watched an Oha Star clip uploaded to Hello!Online. Why did I watch this clip? I have no clue. I didn’t even read the description of it. I just downloaded it, watched and got some terrible comments that I am utterly ashamed of.

For what it’s worth - I’ve watched an episode of Kirarin Revolution. It is truly an awful show. I guess Koha and these two fools with her are acting out their characters on the show.

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Will I keep up with Berikyuu? Probably not. I didn’t keep up with Musume Dokyu or Uta Doki. Too many files to download, too much to keep up with. It’s going to need to be some kind of show for me to follow it regularly.

But before I get to watching it - I have high hopes for Berikyuu.

Haromoni is not the same show it was when I started watching it on a weekly basis. Two months ago, the majority of the show consisted of the Musume girls watching videos. Now an episode of Haromoni is more about the girls themselves. In an ideal world, the show would be better due to the changes. It isn’t. It is true that the girls are acting out the majority of the videos. However, the videos are still boring, predictable and repetitive. It makes me wonder if they filmed a month’s worth of episodes at a time. It’s possible to get a hit using the same format and the same gags over and over, but more often it’ll be a miss.

Berikyuu will save me from this! It just HAS to. We are all starved for variety entertainment from the H!P Kids. DVDs of material only come by so often. Appearances on the music shows only come with releases. There has never really been a steady stream of variety material from the H!P Kids. I am of the belief that the majority of them can be great entertainers in these situations. But am I giving them the benefit of the doubt? The fact is that the Kids - unlike Morning Musume - haven’t have the chance to disappoint yet.

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