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By: Soho

Soho — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:03:01 +0000

I’m just so happy she’s only 13.
Its give at least 10 years of AKB/SKE to her.

By: Wild Goose

Wild Goose — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:47:52 +0000

Having seen the PV, it’s great win. THe only thing that bugs me is the dance choreography they’re going through at the end, before Acchan and her phone; it’s not for this song - too fast. Must be an AKB48 song? Since Jurina’s lagging a bit, not familliar so much, while the older AKB48 girls look like they’re wearing a comfortable pair of old shoes.

Takamina somehow conveys the impression of going all out, lol. If this were an anime there’d be a background of flames behind her, symbolising her burning spirit and heroic resolve. XD

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:24:01 +0000

^I agree, Jurina’s age is a wonderful marketing strategy in itself, considering how short the shelf life of an idol is!

And also, thanks for the tidbits on Queen & Elizabeth, I’m a TomoTomo fan so I?m seriously looking forward to that release!

By: Wild Goose

Wild Goose — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:35:40 +0000

^ No prob on the class. XD

For Jurina, it threw me for a loop at first, when I first saw her, but she’s grown on me… but damn it’s kinda hard to keep track of all the girls when you’re a casual fan like me (I can only recognise/name Takamina, Acchan, Sayaka, Kojiharu, Mariko, Jurina, Tomochin and Tomomichan). I have my misgivings about putting a 12-year old into this kind of business, but assuming idols reach their expiration at 21, it does mean you’ve got 9 years out of her before you need to get the next ace… putting her with AKB48 pvs also means that people wonder who she is, and move to checking out SKE48, which is a pretty decent promotion plan…

…then again I see these things because I work in business lol.

Also, a little bit of amusement: Tomochin and Tomomichan star as Queen and Elizabeth, supporting charecters in tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Double. In Episode 23, both of them take part in a show-within-a-show called Futic Idol (aka American Idol for the city of Futo), and one of the judges (Aya Kamiki) has this comment on them: “There are plenty of people who can sing as well as you can. That makes you disposable.”

Another judge, Ichiro Mizuki (aka Aniki, aka JAM Project founder) also has this comment: “You can’t touch anyone’s heart if your shout isn’t loud enough!” Possibly an oblique reference to Oogoe Diamond. XD