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Yajima Maimi and Nakajima Saki in UTB 227
First of all, slow down, Maimi. Ease up Nakky! Don’t get too wasted, because you need to finish this photo shoot. Think about the last time you saw a Hello! Project idol drinking. Now, stop thinking...
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Angerme- “Taiki Bansei/Otome no Gyakushuu” [PV]
Just when we thought the new name would kill the group dead, Angerme punches us in the face with their new release “Taiki Bansei/Otome no Gyakushuu”. By now, we all know that S/mileage 3rd generation...
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Berryz Kobo, Final Live
This is a story told through tweets. I set my alarm for 12:30 AM and spent an emotional 4 hours watching one of my dear Hello! Project groups ride into the sunset (or something like that). ——————- A...
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Morning Musume ’15 –“Ima Koko Kara” [PV]
.com/Z3o99KI”> The Morning Musume X Anime crossover you were clamoring for finally arrived. Morning Musume ’15’s first release of the year, and 58th release overall, is the triple A-side “Seishun...
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Country Girls “Itooshikutte Gomen ne” PV [review]
” Itooshikutte Gomen ne ” starts with a gag. It’s the Momoko gag. If you pay attention to Hello! Project, you might have mixed feelings about the Momoko gag. The gag does serve a purpose since unknown...
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Country Girls “Koi Doboru” PV [review]
You can probably subtitle this PV “How I Learned to Love the Color Pink” or maybe “A Study in Pink”. “Koi Doboru” ‘s color palette deals exclusively in shades of pink, or maybe more correctly shades...
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C-ute “Tsugi no Kado wo Magare” [PV]
C-ute start off the new year with a song that sounds like an early “song of the year” contender. “Tsugi no Kado wo Magare” burns along with a sense of purpose rarely heard in idol songs. The song...
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Fukumura Mizuki in Young Gangan 2015 No. 7
Rejoice! Fukumura Mizuki completed one of the last rite’s of passage into adulthood by successfully completing high school. High school is a tough road for everybody, and it must be especially so for...
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Zukki and Karin, and Where It Matters
The following is an expanded comment I left at the Jicchan website concerning the treatment of Suzuki Kanon in the “Hello! Station Version” of the latest Morning Musume ’15 singles “”Seishun Kozo ga...
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Suzuki Airi in Young Gangan 2015 No 6
Here we go, folks! More of the cutest of the C-ute- Suzuki Airi. There isn’t her trademarked 60% more midriff in these photos, but I don’t think that’ll bother anyone. Airi. Soft serve. Thank God...
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Juice=Juice “Wonderful World / Ça Va? Ça Va?” [PV]
Oh, it’s double feature PV review time here at TheNumber 244. I have been concerned about Juice=Juice since their last release “Senobi / Date ja Nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa”. The future of Hello! Project...
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Morning Musume ’15 “Seishun Kozo ga Naiteiru” [PV]
Morning Musume ’15 “Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru” [PV] A tough as nails supporter cheers you on toward your goals. It’s a fight, it’s a battle, and the rewards are unspoken and perhaps uncertain. The new...
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Morning Musume ’15
number244:Reblogged for brilliance! Originally posted on Morningtime: I thought it was about time I blogged about Morning Musume ’15. Momusu one five are a group that is similar to Momusu one four...
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Morning Musume ’15 “Yuugure wa Ameagari” [PV]
Morning Musume ’15 rounds out their April 15, 2015 triple A-side release with the Tsunku composition “Yuugure wa Ameagari”. Like the bittersweet “Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe“, the grandmaster of Hello!...
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Who is Q’ulle?
After endlessly looping Hello! Project videos all week, I need a change of pace. This gives me a perfect opportunity to write a little about Q’ulle. If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen me...
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Haro!Sute #112 and The Girls Live #64 [tweetstory]
Starting Hello! Station #112 now https://t.co/lWCf48hJDg — number244 (@thenumber244) April 9, 2015 its real early for me to start watching anything, I know. — number244 (@thenumber244) April 9, 2015...
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Hello! Project in Weekly Playboy
The new faces of Hello! Project feature in a new set of magazine photos from Weekly Playboy Magazine. Here’s a printed indication about the way the wind blows. So, PAY ATTENTION! These are the girls...
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Haro!Sute #113 and The Girls Live #65 [tweetstory]
Just a quick warning, I’m pretty sure some of the tweets at the end of this are not from either of the two shows listed. Too bad. Hello! Station 113 Watching Hello! Station 113 now...
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Hello! Project Power Rankings May 2015 [plug]
Hello everyone! This is just a quick reminder that I’m still writing Hello! Project Power Rankings for New School Kaidan. As you might suspect, April was a busy month with all of the releases. BUT,...
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