Just when things seem to be going well… my NMB oshimen, Ota Yuuri, announced her graduation during a performance today. There’s no official announcement yet, but she posted a short statement on her own Twitter: Today at NHK Hall I informed everyone in attendance that I will graduate from NMB48. Read more
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 9/4 (Wednesday). Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone. The complaint identifies the reason AKS Read more
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 9/3 (Tuesday). Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone. In a forum thread, a person Read more
One of the cruel, and initially bewildering, things about Japanese pop music is the proliferation of slightly different versions of the same release. Regular and Limited, Type-A through Type-F, Anime Edition, Theater Edition, first-press pack-ins with various items…. The tragic thing for overseas fans is that the “Theater Edition” of Read more
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 9/2 (Monday). Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone. In Kinokuniya’s Article Access Rankings, Maho’s Read more
The “digital voice actress idol group” 22/7 (nana bun ni juu ni) released their 4th single last week, and I finally got my copies in the mail. I thought I’d mention it since I don’t think I’ve done anything about 22/7 here, in part because they already have a good Read more
My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 9/1 (Sunday). Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone. Murakumo’s tweets and Photologs https://i.imgur.com/UZoiMw5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kg4t2ma.jpg Read more