Bikkuri Project

No, the answer is not “Chicken Butt”.

I got a ticket to tomorrow’s Wonderful Hearts concert!!!!!!!!!!! It turns out that I only have to work until noon tomorrow, so I can go! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!

I arrived in Japan late last night, got a hotel room by the airport, and slept for like 12 hours. Then, this morning, I spent over two hours on one bus and three different trains with all of my heavy luggage to get back to my apartment. Then after a couple hours of recuperation, I set out again with a new mission: find a ticket to tomorrow’s concert.

It wasn’t easy. I had a rough map of how to find a reputable second hand ticket store in Shinjuku, but getting there involved another hour of trains followed by a lot of confused wandering around. It’s a crazy hectic area, and I swear they couldn’t have built a city more easy to get lost in than Tokyo if they tried. I only found the place because I noted that it was next to McDonalds on the map, and I happened across some guy advertising for McDonalds with a sign pointing in the right direction. Then, when I got inside the store, I could only find tickets to the (too far to travel to) shows next week! Feeling sure I was defeated, I tried asking at the counter. Much to my joyous surprise, one of the clerks directed me the the showcase outside where there were three tickets to tomorrow night’s show! It was risky of me to try to buy them so close to the show day (there weren’t any tickets to the afternoon show left), but the good thing about that is that since it was the last minute, they were marked down to almost face value! I payed a fraction of what my ticket would have cost if I had bought it a week or two ago, judging by the price of next week’s tickets.

I’m so excited now! It was pretty iffy that I would be able to go to this concert, but it looks like everything is working out. I get to see my beloved Momusu again and see Berryz and C-ute for the first time! Can’t wait until tomorrow. I’ll be sure to publish a full report once I get back.

Good fortune,

~Celestia~

I’ve mentioned this before, but Berryz is having terrible luck with costumes lately. As though rubbing salt in the wound, in the same time period, C-ute has come out with some of their best costumes ever. First, let’s look at some of C-ute’s recent outfits.

Hawt!

Simple, but nice.

Oooh, pretty! And bonus points for being in the member’s colors.

Cool!

Kyaa! So cute!! Favorite costume of 2008.

*sound of a record screeching to a halt* Poor Berryz. Last time, they were forced to wear monkey suits. This time it’s highly unflattering “retro” dress things with awful leisure suit collars and clashy unappealing colors. I’m not sure which was worse.

“Beam me up Chinami”

“Yes Captain!”

So the overall theme is “Shiny Space Cadet Mumus”. There are so many things wrong here that I’m going to have to put them in list form.

1. If you couldn’t tell from the opening commentary, I’m getting a strong “Star Trek” vibe from the necklines and sleeves.

2. The huge flower things on their heads don’t match in the slightest.

3. Then there’s the huge flower things on the dresses, and is that alligator print in the petals? WTF??

4. As I’ve come to expect from Berryz, these dresses are boxy and totally unflattering. A common theme you’ll notice here is that most of Berryz costumes are specifically designed to make them each look about 20 lbs heavier.

It’s a over-ruffled taffeta nightmare! What is with all that neck rufflage? Only clowns wear neck ruffles like that!! And the bow looks like something that was formerly used to secure large, musty, velvet curtains in an old mansion somewhere. I haven’t seen the stage play, but I’m totally rooting for the evil Berryz, because anyone who wears this outfit deserves to get her ass handed to her.

I’ve saved the worst for last. Saki Shimizu is a tiny person. I want to be angry about what this outfit is doing to her, but I can’t because I am so very impressed that someone could design a costume so fattening that she looks like she’s 8 months pregnant with twins.

“Miyabi-Lu-Who and The Poof Pants of Froo” would be a great title for a Dr.Seuss book, don’t you think? You could fill this outfit with helium and she’s float away like a big singing balloon!

Just Apologize Already Yurina!

~Celestia~