Raido Shows and Covers

As I promised I would post about the Kimagure Princess covers. But this episode will turn into a Mitsui-gaism of a thing. XD There has been a lot of radio shows appearances as well as some leaks of some things. So with no further ado here is the links to the radio shows:
DIMANCHE DE JUNNU radio show with Mitsui Aika and Linlin: http://www.mediafire.com/?t0yzgdm2ozu
Usen Hoshi Hitomi Music Aura with Mitsui Aika: http://www.mediafire.com/?xyjltvmmzzo (note the amount of "hai"s in this)
The Mitsui one by herself is a bit boring at first but good over all. The Linlin and Mitsui one is like a whirlwind of high pitched voices and laughs. There a good listen.

Now on to Kimagure Princess!
Here are the covers, in order of A, B, C, and regular. I still haven't ordered yet, but I am dying to, my house is falling apart though.




Now I personally hate these covers. This is the first time I have ever said that about Morning Musume covers. But these are just horrid. I mean the cheap fire effect and the BLAH!-ness of it. There were many different things they could have done with the covers, but no, this is what we get. Have dis heartening for me. I have gotten a fan picture of the single with the solo shots; this is the Mitsui solo cover:


Now despite the fact that I hate the other covers I feel the member covers aren't so bad. I would love to get two Limited C ones just so I could get one Reina and one Mitsui (Yes I'm a Reika freak). So I just have to see how it will come together.

But since some fans have there singles already (it seems) there as been a leak of the close up and dance shot of the Kimagure Princess PV.

Dance shot:


Close up:


The dance shot is impressive for Mitsui as most fans agree that she is really spot on for the dance shot. And I agree, Mitsui does amazing in the dance shot, I couldn't keep my eyes off her. And then she is lookin' really good for the close up. Here is a collection of caps I put together from the Youtube video:

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So on little updates on the site. I am messing around with the top banner and different colors on the site. No idea what I'm doing. lol I also have changed the picture of the week. I decided to do something recent and this is from the most recent photo set from the Nine Smile concert tour. So be sure to preorder Kimagure Princess! On a side note congrats to Erika for graduating from C-ute and all of H!P to be a model! Good luck.

Morning Musume DVD Magazine 28

Warring: This post contains Mitsui in adorable situations and is a huge Mitsui pic span. You've been warned!

Though my thoughts on the 2009 Spring ~Platinum 9 DISCO~ are those with negative connotation I LOVE backstage footage. It doesn't matter what it is. It could be for a movie I haven't even seen and I would watch it. Backstage footage is my favorite to watch just because you know you are getting to watch a person at there simplest. Right before they go on stage. It's a good way to watch it. So being that Morning Musume DVD Magazine 28 just came out (and I was able to find it finally) I got right away to watching it....only to have to leave to go to class not even half way through. But now I was able to finish it and I love it. Not as much backstage stuff as I wanted but it was fun to watch since I am able to (sort of) pick up on what they are saying.

This is not an overall review, because you guys can download and watch it. Why spoil the fun? Also this is just to point out my favorite moments from the DVD that I sort of understood, or are just really cute.


This is why I love backstage footage. Mitsui is very sneaky in this one getting in the shot. Sayumi is going to say something to the camera, don't ever think she does say anything, though I was too distracted by how frikin' cute Mitsui is behind her.


For the concert in Shige she asks to see the pen lights (glow sticks) it seems like during the concert she noticed a lot for herself. They dim the lights and there we have it. The holy grail of Mitsui glow sticks. I remember listening to the concert recording (don't remember if it was this concert or Nine Smiles, but I don't think they went to Shige for Nine Smiles so I will guess this one) and during the encore parts the chants were all for Mitsui. I can still remember the chants of "Aika! Aika! Aika!" Instead of "En-cor-ru!" which the fans normally chant. It made me a bit emotional.


And apparently Mitsui as well. Oh Mitsui you should know we love you! It's so cute to see her all emotional over her fans (note this is the part after singing Ame blah blah where they run over the stage and wave goodbye to the fans). I'm sure they were chanting for her. She's so cute.


It looks like Risa was gonna say something than WHAM! Hello Mitsui's eye. lol I swear this girl is so crazy. Then after Risa pushes her away (there is a lot of Risa Mitsui interaction in this one) and she is talking to Linlin Mitsui comes from the other side. Please, Mitsui your eyes are too cute! Your killing me here.


When asked what there favorite song to perform was Mitsui answered (of course) with her solo Watashi no Miryoku ni Kizukanai Donkan na Hito So I could not leave out Mitsui love with her solo. I think she also mentioned having fun dancing with Junjun and Linlin this time than by herself. Must have been nice to have back up.


Don't really get this part but I think it's cute. With Eri and Risa Mitsui enjoys a snack before the show starts. Wonder if Mitsui made that rice ball? Or maybe her sister? Well Eri goes running off, you know Eri is never one to make sense, and that is why we love her.


Just Mitsui talking in her MC sections that we have never seen because they weren't on the DVD. "Ah Mama (something I don't understand) Okasan gomen ne!" for the first one. The middle one just kills me for pure cuteness. And the third one Mitsui is just teasing us!!


Apparently Junjun would take pictures and her and Koharu would argue over them. They switched places with Koharu to Reina just because Koharu and Junjun would argue too long. lol Well this one happened to be Mitsui eating a strawberry. Looks like Junjun was for Mitsui and Koharu against. Though I don't know what they were talking about. But it was too cute to pass up.


Ah! Now this part I know what is going on. I dunno I can read the situation better sometimes, like when my friend speaks Spanish I don't know what she's talking about but I can understand her grandmother perfectly who speaks no English. Anyway back on topic, they were talking about things that happened to go wrong during a concert. Mitsui was talking about for her outfit that it had a hood and they were going to keep the hood on it instead of showing her head.


Well as we can tell it didn't work out to well because it kept falling. She said they had tried different alternatives with headphones (which I think are awesome) and it didn't work out so they went with a bow. What a shame, I think the hood or head phones would fit the outfit so much better.


Now at the very end we have the girls leaving the concert hall. I love that it's Linlin and Mitsui together. I love the two together and I wish they would come and interact more. I would love it very much. But yeah Mitsui and Linlin leave together.

Well despite there is absolutely no interaction between Reina and Mitsui in this DVD I know for a fact the two are still close. A fan of Reina on H!O posted he accidentally ran into Reina in a hotel and aside being with her mother Reina was also with Mitsui, he said she was wearing a mask but he could tell it was her. (>w<) Will try to finally post the covers for Kimagure Princess, I don't really like them so I have been putting it off. Next time I swear!

Just a quick side update: Changes some of the colors of links and things to make it a bit more colorful. I dunno what I am doing with the layout yet. May make a new one. Also updated the list of soon to be released items and got rid of some things that have already been released.

Current Scans, some random updates

This post will be image heavy and cover some of the scans and things I have not yet gone over yet. First we have the B-side coupling album. 3 CDs long of Musume B-sides. I am a fan of some B-sides but I have most of the singles anyway. So I decided to skip out on this one. But the coupling booklet it very temping. I may just go for the Korean one because it's cheaper. But the booklet starts out (for Mitsui fans) here:




We have our introduction of generations 1, 2, 3, and Ai through Koharu with our current member spreads throughout the generations. We happen to have the 8th generation and the 4th generation on one page. (My sign from god I picked the right generations to love lol).


Then the other page is Junjun, Mitsui, Koharu, and Reina with Miki. These little paper drawing things are really cute and are so cute.



This next page is showing our line up now and then. And there is a page that has our current line up looking all cute. But then they had the girls cutting out some past member cut outs which is really cute. Then of course we have our time line of members.


I have some homework to finish so this post may be edited or I might do a new one for other things.

New Products

Well this is a bit awkward. I was going to do this post before it came out, but oh well! The Hello Store USA has new products in! (But by this point in time most to all of them are sold out) I wasn't going to be able to afford a shirt or anything like that. But I waited till 7 (Eastern coast time, it was at 4 for people on the Pacific coast) and I went crazy on the slowness of the site because everyone bum rushed the site. I myself had add the sets I wanted on my wish list, thus I went straight there and ordered the ones I wanted. It look about 6 minutes for the whole wait (incase of the first time I ordered which took 2 minutes), and I stayed on the site to watch what goes out of stock.

There must be Aika fans who surf the site, because on the sets that I got the only person tagged was Aika. The two photo sets I got are now sold out though. I am extremely happy with my buy and this pulls up my L photo count to 140. The last Morning Musume set I got was from 2007 from Sexy 8 Beat. I am very happy that I was able to get these, though I am curious how I am going to pay for the Kimagure Princess single. I am trying to do something in a contest that may give me 20-10 dollars towards Yesasia. I hope I can get the Limited C version of it, that there is still time.

Well to all of those of you who are still looking: http://www.hellostoreusa.com/index.php?subcats=.....products.search
Happy hunting.

First Impression of Hello Store USA

Now I am use to waiting a while for things to go through. I think the longest wait for the process was waiting for the payment to go through, and this may have only taken a week or so. I didn't really track it by day but it felt like forever, though I am sure it just felt that way and not actually so.


So I had gotten my e-mail on Friday saying my order had been completed. I had yet to get my package so I guess that means that it was shipped. And thus I decided to check the days for eastern side shipping (I live in Florida) and it said 2-3 days.


I was going to guess around 3-5 days for shipping. Since it was gone on a Friday I figured the latest I would get it would be on Friday, the earliest on Wednesday. Well coming home from a long day of schooling I had a headache I see a small box sitting on my pillow. I knew what it was and shrugged it off not feeling so well. But my curiosity got the better of me.



After fighting with the safe vault Japanfiles calls a shipping box, I swear it took me longer to open the shipping box than the items themselves. The cellphone charm was in it's original packaging, sealed away, and wrapped in bubble wrap. It was in perfect condition, I was afraid that would be too big for my phone, considering Japanese cell phones are so much bigger due to the screen size to read the kanji. But I was pleasantly surprised that it was actually quote manageable, and that I will be getting a new phone soon it should be good. The photos themselves came in to cardboard sides. Both came in there own clear plastic covers. I had gotten Linlin and Junjun photos last summer that were this size that didn't have a sleeve. So I just put Mitsui in with Reina and had Linlin and Junjun in the other. It makes me feel better that they are covered.

On a side update I changed the photo for the week on Sunday. I'm sure most of you all already noticed. This one is from the 2009 Winter concert. As for the Bright Smiles site. It's on a hiatus for now. I don't know what's wrong with the gallery and life is a bit crazy right now. So I ask that you all be patient. Thanks~! Till next update.

Clendar and Rank your PVs

So I was sitting around waiting for the mail to come (as I do every day lol jk) And in walks my brother with a tube

Being that I got my Nanchatte Renai promotional poster is a close tube as that I freaked and did a happy dance.

What could it be you all may be wondering? What would put me in a down right tizzy of excitment and joy....

That's right! Morning Musume of course! And so we have the Morning Musume 2010 calendar. When opening it up I was right to guess it to be poster size. And if you include the binding that holds it together than it is a big larger than the Nanchatte Renai poster, but without it's a bit smaller. Some things I noticed was that instead of having plastic binds they had before this one is bounded much like a book. Also it has a nail hole in it to hold it up. And there is also perforated edge on it for easy rip ability for those you are done with whatever months, or fans like me will use them for future posters.


Now we have the cover. Seeing as I have this up close you can see it all. It's so pretty. All the girls look so classy. I know some people were questioning the hair choice for Mitsui and some for Niigaki but when you have it in your hands it's not even a problem. I have a close up of Mitsui and Linlin from the front, I tried to get a close up for Mitsui when I could. (Pardon the glares, it's hard to take one without it)


The close up for this one didn't come out too well so I left it out till I could make it nicer. Well this is for the month of January and February. I added on the side with the calendar part in it the dates to show that it has the girls birthdays decorated on it as well. Some people were mad thinking that they didn't do that this for next year's calendar. Well they did~! So now you know Mitsui's birthday is on a Tuesday next year.


Next Mitsui page is May and June. Pardon the super glare on the close up of Mitsui and Eri. Mitsui was on the far left, prone to glare. So this one is really cute and it's really bright. I love it! This one I was questionable on this one just because it wasn't one of my favorite outfits from this calendar. But I think it's the shock and awe of having it in person that is winning me over.


This is the back cover with my top three Musume's together in the top right corner. Hello Mitsui, Linlin, and Reina. So this calendar is really nice and well put together. I am in awe of the beauty of Musume in a calendar. I think the only thing that would top the calendars are the life size cutouts and meeting them in person/watching the concert live.

So now I have counted and have seen that with Kimagure Princess it is Mitsui's 10th single as a part of Morning Musume. Congrats Mitsui! So now I have 'Rank Your PVs'!!! This is basically taking what you believe the ranking for the 10 PVs Mitsui has been in Musume and how you like them in comparison to the others. Here is mine in order from 10 to 1.

10. Resonant Blue

Now the only reason why this one is really low is just because in the original PV there is no Mitsui in at all, she has no lines, and it's so frikin' depressing to me to sit and watch all Ai, Reina, and Koharu. I don't see how all the other girls didn't rise up and argue this. I mean the only one who mentioned it was Sayumi who asked for more lines in the next single. And ya know what happened? She got those lines! Not saying I don't like the song, when I first had my other computer this was in an epic battle to be #1 on my itunes. It's just not my favorite.

09. Onna ni Sachi Are

Now this one is a good song as well just not that good of a delivery. I mean you have your first single with just 5th gen in there and the new girls, and you dress up like a sexy big bird? Mitsui does look so little going back to get the screen cap for it though. Nothing too bad, PV is not that great. But I can deal since the song is awesome.

08. Pepper Keibu

I love the song, I love the dance, I love everything about this song, I mean the PV too, that dance break is killer. But I just can't rank it up higher. But it's a very good cover and a solid song from 2008.

07. Naichau Kamo

The first song of this year, wow it feels like so long ago. My favorite thing about this video is the close ups, I mean they are so nice and pretty. I think they used a filter in the editing stage, but it's so amazingly pretty. One of my favorite close ups. Plus the tears were a nice touch.

06. Mikan

I don't care if people say this is too over played, or it didn't sell well. This song and PV are really cute and they are awesome! I love how we see the girls when they were younger, I love seeing the scene above, the girls on the earth with each other. You can really see the connection from Mitsui to Koharu in this video. Also the making of is really fun.

05. Kimagure Princess

I know this just came out but this PV is a really good one despite what you might have read. Some people take other people's thoughts as truth. Think for yourself. This PV is really artistically interesting and I can't wait to see the photos Mitsui took of the place they shot the PV at. I also want to see what the other PVs are gonna look like.

04. Kanashimi Twilight

This is another great song and PV. I love the punk rock style and I love the song. It's just a really good PV, not as good as Kimagure, but it's got a better song.

03. Egao Yes Nude

For the bronze we have Egao Yes Nude, Mitsui's first single with Morning Musume. It's got a nice message of being yourself and natural and the dance is fun and the song is amazing.

02. Shouganai Yume Oibito

I've never seen such a following for a song like this. I love it, fans love it, and I think you should love it as well.This is the PV fans dream of, has near equal lines for all members, has a little bit of a story time, and has a theme in it. I really love how this PV was presented, the colors were washed out a bit and they have a sad look about the girls. It's a great PV and it really fab.


01. Nanchatte Renai

Yes, that leaves Nanchatte Renai. I'm not even sure why I like this one so much. I mean the song is awesome and yeah there are 22 versions of it so it's crazy but I just love it. The contrast of black and white is great and I like the near equal lines again.

So there you have it! The 10 singles Mitsui has been a part of as a member of Musume in my rankings. Feel free to snag images and do your own. Seeing as this post got really image heavy I will do a review for the B-side collective album on a different post in the future.