So. I downloaded Resonant Blue yesterday. I’ve been listening to various performances and watching different PVs, and listening to the single itself, and I have finally made a decision on the Second Chapter of Morning Musume.

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Don’t get me wrong: I love my friends. But they are largely geeks and nerds. That’s not to say they aren’t cool geeks and nerds; they’re very intelligent, and many of them participate in sports and other nifty extracurriculars. But they’re freaks, plain and simple.

So, I figured… Why not give them a dosage of MoMusu, hmm? My first subject was friend, Lauren. In my Elite Squadron of Friends (…The F-Squad. We’re not original geeks), Laur is often referred to the Jew. This is because she is, of course, Jewish (like I said, we’re not particularly original). Actually, I’m going to be at my first Passover Seder at her house. But that’s besides the point.

Anyway, Laur’s only ever seen one MoMusu PV, and that’s Mr. Moonlight. She’s also seen 3 of Ayaka’s English Lessons–Yossy’s “OH HOW NICE”; Takitty’s “That sucks” and that Yagu one where she wants to run around naked.

What follows is what happens when you’re stupid enough to ask your friends their real opinions.

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Can you say “Better PV much?”

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According to the American Wota Rumour Generator that I’ve been playing with:

Sugaya Risako confessed to Tsugunaga Momoko that she was once abducted by aliens and that she suspects that Mutou Mika is an alien spy sent to keep an eye on her.

Also, Linlin has somehow convinced Sudou Maasa to join a secret cannabilism cult.  They intend to recruit Mitsui Aika and eventually make a tasty casserole out of Konno Asami.

No word yet on whether or not Junjun’s eloping with a bunch of bananas.

Lately, I’ve been listening to a wide variety of music, my way of escaping while I go inbetween reviewing the Jacksonian Revolution and the four rhetorical modes of discourse in preparation for both my SATs and AP testing in the beginning of May (unfortunately, my U.S. History AP test is the same day as my junior prom–can you say “burnt out, much?”)  So, as a basic stress reliever, I’ve been playing Princess Maker 2 (by the way: the Ai Takahashi file is doing relatively better than the Ai Kago file–Aibon keeps drinking with the devil, literally o_O) and hunting out my future husband by scouring the Canadian Junior Hockey Leagues (John Tavares, if you’re out there, I only younger than you by a year, and I am a very nice person.  I’m totally rooting for you and your hockey playing future, because you’re better than Sidney Crosby, for reals)….  And, of course, I’ve been listening to some standard Jpop.

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Is that short-haired vixen Kago Ai?  Aibon?  The pigtailed, soprano kid?

OH.  MY.  GOD.

Aibon…  is back.

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And I’m not talking about that Cinderella musical unit (although: SHIMIZU SAKI IN A UNIT OMGWTFPIE YES)

I’m talking about what I do in my spare time.  That is, I play silly DOS games where I make funny shit happen all the time.  And right now, you know what I’m doing?

I’m making my favorite H!P girls into Princesses.  Thank God for Princess Maker 2.

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In other words: Morning Musume and C-ute are about to have a Sexy Showdown, foshizzle.

Now, in this entry, I fully intend to decide which group is going to be on top in the end.  You see, both MoMusu and the C-uties have got singles coming out–for the flagship group, it’s the funky Resonant Blue and for C-ute it’s the smoking Namida no Iro.  Each group as it’s points… And each, it’s bad.  And, in the end… does it matter?

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This is the setlist for the latest MoMusu concert.

01. Resonant Blue
02. Onna ni Sachi Are
MC
03. Egao YES Nude
04. Iroppoi Jirettai
05. Osaka Koi no Uta
MC
06. Kanashimi Twlight
07. Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan
08. Roman ~My Dear Boy~
09. Do It Now (Takahashi and then everyone else)
10. Mr Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
11. Furusato (Michishige)
12. Namida Tomaranai ga Houkago (Kamei)
13. Memory Seishun no Hikari (Tanaka)
14. Manatsu no Kousen (Niigaki with Takahashi, Kamei, Michishige & Tanaka)
15. AS FOR ONE DAY
16. Summer Night Town
MC (Kamei, Michishige and Tanaka)
17. Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima (Kusumi, Mitsui, Junjun & Linlin)
18. Morning Coffee (Takahashi, Niigaki, Kamei, Michishige & Tanaka)
19. Medley
– Daite! Hold on Me
– Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~
– SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
– Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari
– Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~
MC (Niigaki, Kamei, Junjun and Linlin)
20. THE Manpower!!
21. Shabondama
MC
22. Medley
– I WISH
– Happy Summer Wedding
– Koi no Dance Site
– Souda! We’re Alive
– The Peace
– Renai Revolution 21
MC
23. Koko ni Iruzee
24. Mikan
25. Aruiteru

Encore
26. Ai Araba IT’S ALL RIGHT
27. Love Machine!

But, see… I want to change this.  In fact, I’ve changed the entire thing, really.

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In other words: for such a rocking song, why did 8th Gen, Gaki*Kame and Sayumin get left out?!

Now, make no mistake, I absolutely LOVE the song Resonant Blue.  It’s got great lyrics (and features the return of Angry MoMusu, which seems to be the direction they’re going to go under Takitty.  I don’t mind this, because it’s either they sing break-up songs or they sing about sex, in order to sell.  Or, well, maybe they’ll sing about both soon.  You never know what Tsunku’ll pull out of his ass).  It’s got a great sound–not too much like Old School MoMusu, not too much like Egao YES Nude, but it’s got enough of both of them to make it different, you know?  I like the funky beat, I like the distinct lack of Tsunku, except for at the beginning (it’s like Tokaikko Junjou, where he was rather nonexistant).  And I really like how Takitty, Tanakacchi, and Kame*Gaki are sounding.

However, I want to know where my Gen 8 is!  I love Junjun, and Aika, and, even to a lesser extent, Linlin!  And, I also wanna know why Kame*Gaki got so shafted here.  So… we’re going to play everyone’s favoritest game: Find the 8th Generation!

Are you ready?  Okay!

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