Oct 24 2007
Thoughts on Eri
Eri, Eri, Eri. I don’t really have too much to write about her actually. She’s not so low on my list because I dislike her. The problem is more that I have never been able to get very excited about Eri. I mean, she’s there, and she doesn’t have anything wrong with her, persay, but to me, she can just be kind of boring sometimes.
Her strong point is her dancing. She’s fun to watch in that respect, and I do feel that she should have a turn at being the center of a song for that reason. She has a sweet, clear voice. Not the strongest, but not bad at all. I especially liked her in “Haru Beautiful Every Day” which I think suited her voice quite nicely. She’s pretty enough. I really really didn’t like the short blonde hair thing she had going on a while ago, but now that it’s longer and darker everthing’s peachy again. (Tangent: The only one who I thought really made the short blonde hair thing look cute was Mari Yaguchi. Even Rika, who most would agree is beautiful, looked weird with her hair like that).
So yeah, Eri seems nice, I would probably like her as a friend, and I don’t think she’s a bad addition to the group at all, but as an idol, she doesn’t stand out enough. Many of the other members have their stand-out points and their weaknesses (Ai-chan is bad at speaking, but a great singer. Sayumi is lovely, but not so good at singing, etc). Eri, however, is just pretty good at most everything.