It’s Comeback Season – Idle Idols Get Back In Gear (IroIro Aru Sa!)
Aibon no more (Aoi♥Usagi)
Kago Ai (Sing Your Dreams)
To Kago, With Love… (Kira Kira Bomb)
Biscuit Club (Hello!Blog)
The Saddest Thing (yossha yossha YOSSHA!)

Recommended reading. The responses to Aibon’s return continue to be positive, though there’s a good deal of emotional tumult as well.

Our own Kd comes out of her hiatus to comment on both Gocchin’s return and Aibon’s. About Gocchin, she finds a good deal of irony and admires her new candour. As for Aibon, she’s excited to just see her but holding back on judgment until the interview is completely out.

Aoi♥Usagi is saddened by Aibon’s suicide attempt and finds it forces her to rethink idols and the illusions that is their bread and butter. For some reason, this reminds me of the joke about Pagliacci.

Eva is excited about the return of Kago and wonders if she’s been staying in touch with Tsuji, hoping they’ll work together in the future.

Valentine goes over feelings of betrayal tied into the whole Kago scandal and how the new interviews have made her feel compassion for Aibon. She ends on a hopeful note of support for Aibon.

Tom is pleased that the Biscuit Club announcement means that Aibon won’t be disappearing again, that she’s got plans to stick around.

Yoshimi deals with the sad news of Aibon’s suicide attempt by putting up pictures of kittens and pandas and Yukorins.