From a Ya-Ya-yah fan's point of view (or from mine, at least) last weekend's SC was rather boring. Even the O-tegami itadakimasu is getting boring. ^^UUU There was very little Ya-Ya-yah in fact, with the exception of Hikaru's solo, Gentles, which was brilliant. Well, it was brilliant, but I found rather disturbing the fact that they had very young juniors posing "sexily" in the background. @_@ Honestly, there's Kisumai and ABC, and there's JJE too, and they're sexy enough and not so young. ^^
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And speaking of JJE... Asaka's absence... (or disappearance rather, as we'll probably see no more of him) ...it's like re-living what happened to Hoshino and Akama. We don't know if Asaka has left JE because he wanted to, or because JE was no longer interested in him, but... *sigh* ...it's so... sad. It's sad that he has been in JE for so many years and yet there's no "official" goodbye for him, no "fare thee well". Wouldn't it have been nice to have him in a MC corner saying he's leaving to focus on his studies (even if it's not true) and have Koyama and Nakamaru tell him "we'll always remember you; take care and good luck" or something along those lines?
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Why is everything so annoyingly secretive in JE? I liked Asaka, and I think it's mean that he has left this way, and now I have a hunch that the same is going to happen with Fukasawa. For some reason they made him stay in the background when his group was introduced at the opening of the show. Very suspicious; fishy. This is exactly the same thing JE did with Akama and Hoshino. First they appeared less and less, sang less and less... gradually they disappeared and one day we heard no more of them. ;___;
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Anyway, to finish this entry on a happier note, I've uploaded Ya3 clips and mp3 rips from that SC to Never Stop the Music, and also that I've uploaded more of the scans Yuantim sent to me (thanks as always ^^BBB), this time from 2004.07 Potato magazine scans. =]
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Shoon's haircut back then made him look totally like a puppet ^^B , and Akama and Hoshino were still part of Ya-Ya-yah at that time. =]
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