Daisukki!! Morning Musume

My second post in my new “Daisukki!! ___” series, the H!P mothergroup, Morning Musume! My opinions on these girls seem to change constantly, so who knows, maybe in a few weeks, this won’t even apply (in fact, that probably will be the case).

Once again we’ll start with Leader-san! Takahashi Ai!

My opinion on Takahashi has changed so much since I got into Morning Musume. I used to hate her with a passion. A firey hot passion. So much that I would not listen to anything that had her in excess. And I wouldn’t watch her solo. Or on anything that centered around her. I didn’t even want to listen to Onna ni Sachi Are because she would be the leader for it. But somewhere inbetween Mikan and Resonant Blue (not the H!P concert, because I still disliked her), I slowly started to warm up to her. I realized she’s a fantastic leader for these girls and that Fujimoto Miki couldn’t have even compaired (I was upset about that one for a long time). She really can sing very well, despite how much I used to think otherwise, she’s just human and gets winded. And while it still bugs me that she’s in the spotlight so much, I can definitely enjoy her presence a lot more now.

Oh, yeah. And she’s really hot in a fedora.

Gaki-san has been my favorite Morning Musume member since Yossie left. While some people may argue against it, she’s a really great vocalist and she’s the ideal idol. She’s hot when she needs to be, adorable when she needs to be, funny when she needs to be, a dancer when she needs to be, and singer when she needs to be, and above all else, a great subleader all the time. She has this never-ending energy. I cannot wait until she’s leader. Not that I’m wanting Takahashi to leave anytime soon (like I used to), but Gaki-san will make an amazing leader with Kamei Eri as her subleader.

Kamei Eri used to just kind of be there. I never really cared about her, kinda like how I never really cared about Ogawa Makoto when she was still in the group. I didn’t like her, but I certainly didn’t dislike her either. She never got any lines, so she didn’t bother me either way. I started noticing her around Onna ni, which was pretty much her debut as a lead in Momusu (she’s not ReinAi lead, but like Gaki-san). I was impressed that she could actually sing pretty decently. Since then she’s been pretty neglected, but she really shined during Haru Single Daizenshuu. She really connects with the other girls from what I can tell—I think she’ll make a great subleader.

While she is improving, Sayumi has undoubtedly always been the worse singer in Morning Musume. She got in on looks, and justifiably so, because I think she’s one of the most gorgeous faces to ever grace Morning Musume. But when it comes to the group singing, she brings them down as a whole. I think she would be a fantastic model, but being an H!P idol isn’t quite for her. I don’t think it’s possible for her to become a good singer, and I think eventually she’ll graduate and focus on modeling or something (or so I hope). I like her in the group, don’t get me wrong, I just don’t think it’s her calling.

I hate Tanaka Reina. Simple as that. She can’t sing to save her life, everything about her screams prositute (although I suppose she uses that as a selling point), and she’s an attention-craving bitch. All she can ever say about Morning Musume is how much she wants to be leader. Yeah, that’ll be the day I stop listening. The only thing I think she has going for her is that she’s an okay dancer.

Yes, feel free to flame me for this, I’ve heard it all.

I used to love Kusumi Koharu. Then, somewhere down the line, someone hit my on my head and I was brought back to reality. Now I don’t like her so much. Her singing repulses me more than Reina’s and Sayumi’s combined. Her solo songs are so painful that I can’t even listen to a full song of hers anymore. She’s the most fake idol I’ve ever seen. She’s a camera WHORE. She can’t dance and she really lowers the bar for H!P because she has to lipsync to keep from damaging people’s eardrums. Yes, she’s pretty. But that’s about it.

If you know me at all, you know that I’m almost always one to root for the underdog. I had my doubts about Mitsui Aika when she first joined, but mainly because for me, her joining meant Yossie leaving and I hated that more than anything. Most western fans were very speculative of her for her first two singles, but it wasn’t until Onna ni that people really started cracking down on her. And that was the time when I really started to like her. People attacked her relentlessly and I was trying to defend her the whole time. Since then, I think she’s really shut them up. Her solo on the Bon Kyu tour was amazing, even if she was winded, it’s better than any newbie has done at their second concert since Gen5. I was kind of upset at first when the Pandas joined because I thought her being the only Gen8 really made a statement, but whatever. She still makes a statement. I love Mittsi, she does amazing for her age, and I’ll always support her.

I really loved Linlin when she first joined. Like, really really loved her. Not sure why. It didn’t take too long for her to start really bugging me. As everyone has said, she was trying way to hard at this idol thing. It came across really, really fake (like Koharu~). She was a good singer, but she was trying to be cute and ruined that. I noticed on Haru Single Daizenshuu that she’s stopped that. She’s finally getting comfortable as an idol and showing her true self. She really is one of the best singers in MoMusu right now, and she’s ever so slowly showing that. She’s really improved, and I really hope she keeps on the right track.

Junjun’s really grown on me. At first I was extremely skeptical of her because more than every other new Morning Musume member, she’s been the most awkward. She took so long to get used to being an idol. Everything about her—her singing, her dancing, her photoshoots, her personality—everything was awkward. But I think since this year she’s really improved. She’s not the best singer or dancer, but like a true idol, she can make it seem like she is. She’s adorable. I still don’t really believe that she’s almost Takahashi’s age. I hope with these new Taiwan Eggs, they’ll start a new unit with Junjun as the lead. That would win.

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So yeah, if I see a performance where Linlin does really awesome, I might like her more, but I’ve had these opinions for the majority of 2008, so I doubt they’ll be changing soon. Either way, I’ll never stop loving Morning Musume (unless Reina becomes leader). Next will either be Hey! Say! JUMP or KAT-TUN. 😀 Until then~~