![]() ![]() I must say that this year, not only were there a lot of singles but there is a lot of really good singles. That said, I still cannot fathom for the life of me either why Tanaka Reina was so popular or why she was considered the perfect Morning Musume member.This year was a crazy year for new releases in Hello! Project, all the a-side singles add up to a total of 34, and that’s not even counting the memorial edits of Juice=Juice’s indie singles and the second version of Hello! Pro Kenshuusei’s “Ten Made Nobore!” I won’t be able to un-realize all that I’ve realized doing my research, either, so my blogging might have a fundamentally different outlook that it did before. Also, I’m a great academic writer (better than this informal shit if you can believe it ). I can’t wait to share with you some of what I write (though not all if it unless somehow I get kicked out of school for plagiarizing myself–I’m definitely waiting until I get my final grade). ![]() Henkka, you will be sourced in my research paper.Īnyway again. To keep you interested, I am using Wota in Translation as a primary source. It’s made me reconsider a lot of the things that have sent us all up in arms over the years but seemingly not the Japanese wota. We’re taking our Western ideas out of context with a very, very Japanese ideal. Seriously, I’ve just learned so much that has shed so much light on issues that I’ve seen us in the English-speaking wotasphere struggle with so long. I’ve read just about all the scholarship on idols and idol culture at this point. Even more particularly, the marketing of these groups towards each male and female fans, both positively and negatively. ![]() On the plus side, though, the class is Japanese Pop Culture. I just transfered to the University of Colorado at Boulder and I’m taking one of those ridiculous 3-week courses. Really, I just wanted to let you guys know about this research paper I’m working on. Hopefully I can get back into blogging here within the next few weeks. I was depressed and shit and blah blah whatever. ![]() I know I disappointed a lot of people last time and I’m sure I did it again. Looks like I went on another long hiatus unannounced? At least this one wasn’t a year and a half long? I apologize, friends. ![]()
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