More Little Glee Monster! So 好きだ。 (suki da. / Love You.) is another one of the early J-pop songs I remember coming across, the first LGM song I found, and still one of my favorites. I’m not sure, but it seems like it’s also one of their most iconic and Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/23 (Tuesday). The T-shirt Maho was wearing is sold out https://i.imgur.com/BFFgN3U.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QfY24Ug.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tSj2J5I.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v9smdcf.jpg On August 31st Rena will have a public voice training session https://i.imgur.com/fwLSUJs.jpg Jashin-chan Official: 8/1-8/31 We will have the Jashin-chan Cafe @ the Myojin Cafe! http://jashinchan.com/news/632 Nishigata’s mobame: “I was Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/22 (Monday). Rena tweets about meeting Maho and Riko https://i.imgur.com/9tDP3nh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ldGhopt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WPUcqW2.jpg Riko’s tweet and Instagram post. In the Instagram video Maho appears only in voice https://i.imgur.com/9TPibPf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Se9CscU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HzjLQuH.jpg Instagram https://i.imgur.com/etJcQ4O.jpg https://www.instagram.com/p/B0NmpPnnzlR/ Ogino and Nakai are out from the AKB48 56th single senbatsu. Homma Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/21 (Sunday). Was Homma Hinata given an offer to join HoriPro in December of last year? For some reason Homma appears in the video with Ogino and HoriPro executive Nishio (*[In the chat logs] マキバオー and たれぞう are referencing Homma) https://i.imgur.com/EvyTPSe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TYNLQLM.png video https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1072869804862668806/pu/vid/1280×720/hijRy62BqaZDrcFO.mp4 Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/20 (Saturday). (Rumor) An episode with Maho https://i.imgur.com/J8bzTs7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/tbSlRke.jpg Manager Hayakawa celebrates Tano’s birthday with a video including Murakumo carrying the cake. There’s a flood of criticism https://i.imgur.com/QPaMr3j.jpg https://mobile.twitter.com/hayakawamaiko/status/1152537907002916865 video https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1152537755806683138/pu/vid/960×720/6gvR4j9LJ1chgwKs.mp4 Rena’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/styGRiV.jpg https://mobile.twitter.com/bbg_hasegawa315/status/1152430612214456320 Nishigata quickly posts two mobames She asked the staff Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/19 (Friday). Murakumo Fuka again announces her graduation in her Photolog https://i.imgur.com/7j0FPMA.jpg From Niigata Nippo More: “NGT’s Murakumo announces graduation in August – “I’m leaving show business, and will aim to enter university”” https://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/news/national/20190719483620.html FRIDAY: Yamaguchi Maho’s “Tokyo Story” begins We heard that while Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/18 (Thursday). Murakumo Fuka announces her graduation. She will retire from the world of entertainment [Please see @Cisalpine88‘s translation of her announcement http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?threads/murakumo-fuka-mofuchan.11914/page-2#post-1612176] https://i.imgur.com/hadoQHQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/l3LqQqV.jpg I decided to graduate after talking with my parents at the start of the year, and was discussing this Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/17 (Wednesday). Kakusei Knuckles: “(Follow-up Report) Yamaguchi Maho fake email incident – Is a business scam developing?” “A scam email was received by a new email address that had only been used for official AKB mail orders. How is it this scam group learned Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/16 (Tuesday). Again after nine days, manager Hayakawa posts a birthday tweet. There is a flood of comments critical of management https://i.imgur.com/tLHBWWC.jpg https://mobile.twitter.com/hayakawamaiko/status/1151016867181367296 Homma’s mobame: “Many people judge us without knowing a lot, but despite that, both now and before, the “kindness” and “considerateness” Read more…
Right as I started getting interested in Japanese music, I think I just searched YouTube to see what I could come up with. I’m pretty sure SHISHAMO was one of the first great bands I hit upon. Well, in truth I haven’t found a lot of their songs that I Read more…