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First Impressions on Aibon’s Latest Return

When I first heard that Aibon has returned to the media spotlight to do an interview, I thought of swallows and Capistrano - it seems that every year around this time there’ll be an Aibon Eruption of some sort. This wasn’t the kindest way to think about it, certainly, but it showed how tired I had gotten of this seemingly unending drama.

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Berikyuu! Watch

Berikyuu! Episode 9: More Of The Same Crap

I know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel - just a few more episodes of this stupid Wii challenge and we can move on to other stupid stuff in other episodes. In all seriousness, what the hell were the people behind this show thinking when they planned the episodes?

Again we begin [...]

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Fiction

How They Made Chou Kawaii Go: Two

“The eleven girls,
these hopeful idols in training,
tumble over each other on an obstacle course
of shallow pools of mud…”

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Kawaii Kon 2008

Here’s a couple photos from Kawaii Kon this weekend.

Random Thoughts

Almost An Epiphany

So. Haruna comes to me and I sit her on my lap to watch the new Buono! PV together. And as I’m watching, it dawns on me: all of this Jpop idol stuff is pretty silly. Which is a strange conclusion to reach, since this isn’t exactly the silliest of PVs I’ve ever seen. Far from it, actually. Still, there was this weird edge to the thought, a chance of true epiphany… when in reality, I’m probably just tired and preoccupied with my child. I fully expect to watch the PV again tomorrow and think, “This is genius!” I look forward to that.


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