In this round:
3. Reina Tanaka vs. 11. Yuu Kikkawa
2. Chisato Okai vs. 10. Yui Okada

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In this round:
2. Chisato Okai vs. 15. Erina Aoki
7. Linlin vs. 10. Yui Okada

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If you like Ai Takahashi smiling into the camera and using her deep singing voice for no reason, this is the concert for you.

If you like Reina Tanaka’s blinking, then this is the concert for you.

But this was not the concert for me.

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It’s been a week since v-u-den has announced their split. I think that it is time for me to relive some of their career. For this, I am breaking deep into the TLS Vault and watching their first concert tour from 2005. They only had 3 singles and no albums to their credit at this point, so there was no not enough material to fill up a ful concert. Joining them to solve this were Atsuko Inaba and Country Musume.

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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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