Following on with my search for subbed J-dramas, after Daigoro I wasn’t having any luck on Amazon or Netflix. Even though I’ve never been able to get into anime (despite some past roommates’ best efforts), I thought back to some Crunchyroll ads I’d seen recently [insert shameless plug for Giant Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/8 (Monday). Someone new appears to re-submit the petition for a formal investigative committee. “If I receive any pressure, I will absolutely publicly announce it” https://i.imgur.com/bZVGEA8.png Posts saying a strange group has started indiscriminately attacking accounts supporting Yamaguchi, etc. via DM https://i.imgur.com/xZKgtHx.png Riko’s tweet Read more…
“Stand by you” is the title track of SKE48’s 24th single, and celebrates the return of Matsui Jurina from her hiatus. This is exactly the kind of upbeat, softly referential song I would have liked, sappiness and all. The video is a bit more to the point, but doesn’t get Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/7 (Sunday). Rena’s signed ball gets delivered to the Tainai Roadside Station https://i.imgur.com/I9eJYtf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MOsNAsb.jpg Tweets from the person that sent it https://i.imgur.com/6HoNdo9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/vxPnJlQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/frkoBjW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TRwSjim.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wAbVihj.jpg Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/T471ksp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NpuQEip.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2buXfHK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UbNqrQh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sCfERSk.jpg Rena’s Twitter and Instagram updates https://i.imgur.com/GH9fcO0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/AYv41M1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/R9qqRDG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/I2kVHwr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ooiDkpZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/x957cCE.jpg Read more…
You know, the original purpose of this site was a casual blog about J-Pop; now I’m not even sure where the blog section has gone off to. The site’s turned into a place to submit my translation practice assignments, which is a good thing in its own right (for me Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/6 (Saturday). A Showroom video was found where Tano calls out the yakkai name “Hiroyoshi”, and says “Let’s meet at Jo’s” and “I’m looking forward to Jojoen”(*The Showroom was broadcast June 15th, 2018, and the sousenkyou was held in Nagoya the following day. There’s Read more…
Another Ota Yuuri center! I feel like I may be revealing my NMB oshimen here. This was one of those slow-paced, relaxing songs I could pretty much get the gist of even before I looked at the lyrics. 職務質問 (shokumu shitsumon / Police Questioning), from NMB’s 19th single is the Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/5 (Friday). AKS presents its case against the two offenders The brief describes the exchanges between the two men and Yamaguchi and the staff on the day of the incident The two men discussed that, previously over a meal, one part of their conversation Read more…
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/4 (Thursday). Transcript from the Hosei University idol studies course https://i.imgur.com/cwK4g41.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NGpMZPa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fMyDRjt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yuM3AZQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TKVHJWV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ImeX7NT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/c2uEPIh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/j8SlHgi.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6uynvsU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MB6ftpa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Or9Mh8u.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9qcmHaB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qZK83lW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/P8WLudY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nre5RPp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DqfnIFY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/f8PDFws.jpg Riko’s tweet https://i.imgur.com/GsRdBBa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/R3EazRX.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UmqDICi.jpg Rena posts an Instastory. Likely someone she was working with https://i.imgur.com/WIU8W9f.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KiWhxtY.jpg Read more…
Footsteps is from Hinatazaka’s first single, Kyun, and features the five members that had regular modeling contracts. Like a lot of Hiragana/Hinatazaka songs, this one didn’t catch me on first listen. In fact I just recently stumbled across it again, and I was really caught up in the rhythm of Read more…