Picspamming-- PB Edition [Part Two]

I'm continuing my self-gratifying picspam. ;D All while working on my English homework~

Takahashi Ai (ai):



I know Takahashi was trained in ballet and all, but it still looks funny.



This looks so freakishly uncomfortable.



Excuse me, but LEGS.


Iida Kaori (Kaori Kaori Kaori):



Alien leg.



She looks like Yamada from Honey and Clover. xD I thought that when I first saw the movie, too.



This is the most beautiful shot in the book.



I like megane Iida. =D



Ohhh, I love it.


Niigaki Risa (Isshun):



I love love love Gaki's hair.



Skipping~



Oh noes, she's being attacked by flowers~



I want. D=


Tanaka Reina (Very Reina):



Tanaka always gets the coolest outfits. Especially in this book.



Go Go Berryz Kamen?



Lacy earrings FTW?



Those are some ugly shoes.



The punkish styles really suit her.



Ooh, the fanservice.



That's quite the epic dress.


Morning Musume (Bromides):



Mr. Moonlight Yossie = love



That's something you never see anymore: Yossie with pigtails.



I'm actually quite a fan of Rika's Pippi braids.



I love how not-photogenic Yossie was.... (and still sort of is, if you think about it) Her head looks really big, too. xD



....And how did Gaki grow up to be so beautiful again? xD

[And speaking of gorgeous Gaki]

Niigaki Risa (Happy Girl):

[Warning, this is probably my favorite photobook evar, so expect lots of fangirl drooling.]



I love how she almost completely blends in with the snow.



Gaki-sama, suddenly feeling incredibly powerful... "With this, I could become leader...!"

Noooo. Niigaki would never do that.... ;D



Either Gaki was feeling hungry or that pile of snow has one great sense of humor.



Om nom nom?



She's so very cute. x3 Her feelers, too. ;D

(Those are some impressive strands of hair that are trying to get away.)



I love how natural this shot is.



Ikou!



Dental care is very important for Gaki. She doesn't want to end up like Airi.



Surprised by something.



Gaki has almost eaten a lot of things in this book.



Mm-mm, nothing like Risa's Homemade Cornflake Cookies.



I want her nails.



I love it when they reuse sets. =3



Fwump.



God, I love it.

NEW Mini Moni?!

Say it ain't so!

Recently Tsunku announced that he would be recreating our beloved Mini Moni!

For those of you who don't know, Mini Moni was a group created by Morning Musume generation 2 member Yaguchi Mari. She recruited two fourth gen members, Tsuji Nozomi and Kago Ai and later Coconuts Musume member Mika Todd was odd. It was a group known for its cute, infectious, often child-like songs, and its one rule: all members must be 4'11" or shorter.

Here is their debut single:



Jankenpyon, AKA, best random song in the world. xD

Here is Mini Moni a few years later, after Takahashi Ai replaced Yaguchi Mari.



I really like this song, too. (Crazy About You)


Here is some Mini Moni/Mini Moni members video spamming. ;D



Yaguchi Mari's solo single



Kago Ai's soon-to-be released single.



Tsuji Nozomi's Furusato



Mika Todd (I love, love, love Mika more than ANYTHING)

Link, because I can't embed it~


Yes.


Anywho, Tsunku announced that there will be a whole new cast, starting with...




THAT'S RIGHT! The green one!




Fukuda Kanon will be the first member.

Ehh... Fukuda.

She is fourteen years old, and her favorite animal is the llama. Up until recently she was in H!P Eggs, and then switched over to Shugo Chara! Eggs. She is 142 cm, so she fits the rules.


Personally, I think Fukuda is boring. She's cute, yes, but.... She just doesn't have the funny thing going on that made Mini Moni awesome.


If I could have a perfect Mini Moni, it would include:


Linlin- I know she's not short enough. She's 5'2". But still. She is complete Mini Moni material, and she can really sing~

Don't believe me?




Maasa- Okay, she's waaaay too tall. But she's also awesome.

Chinami- She's short enough. And she's really cute. =D

And someone else.... Maybe Erika. xD I dunno.



I'm not too excited about Kanon being a member of Mini Moni, but it will be interesting to see how it turns out....

Picspamming-- PB Edition [Part One]

Iiiiiii love photobooks. I really do. They make my fangirl world go around. Most girls my age obsess over hot actors. I look at girls running around Guam or Hawaii or even Canada. I don't even mind the bikini shots all that much. I'm not ashamed of it. Everyone's entitled to what makes them happy. Cute girls make me happy. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Anywho, photobooks are lovely. There are some really gorgeous shots, some really sexy ones, some are cute, some are funny, and some are so bizarre that you question what the photographer was thinking.

I'm bored and exhausted from school, practicing my dance for PE over and over again, and studying for Japanese. Actually, I'm doing that now, too. ;D

Here are some of my favorite shots from the photobooks I have on my computer. This will be the ULTIMATE picspam, so I might break it up into several parts. =3

Takahashi Ai (19):




I love this set of photos. She's cute and doesn't look so much like a monkey and do I find it odd that she's wearing a 9/11 shirt? Not at all.



More happy.



(Shh, don't ruin it.)



Personally, I don't find that her profile-shots are the most flattering. She has a fairly flat face.



Sporting a lovely bikini and some hefty sideburns.



....Major see-through-skirt moment right here. Her face just screams "Hee, you silly wota, you can almost see my panties but not really! Focus as hard as you want, you won't see anything~"



Maybe it's because I'm completely Californian, so we don't use those mysterious heating contraptions down here, but... I don't think you're supposed to sit on them. Don't you get burned or something?



OM NOM NOM



AWESOMELY bad outfit. xD

Gotta love neon yellow dresses and cowboy boots. Heck yes.


Iida Kaori [And someone named Shoko] (The Aegean):



Oh noes Johnson, watch out for killer Greek caaaats



.... I want to know what that adorable creature-thing is so I can buy it. D=



Riding in style. =D



I am fascinated by her skirt. =D



HOLY GEEZ



*wheeze*



HOOOOO MY GOOOOOD



I'm back.



No roflcopter for sexy Iida.



This made the photobook for me. Iida's so amazingly beautiful. Her husband is a lucky guy.



I love the expression on her face.



Brace yourselves!



I LOVE how terrible the lighting is. xD


Ishikawa Rika (Hanabi):



Starting it off all sexy-like. =D Ahh, Ishikawa, why are you so beautiful?



AMAZINGLY awesome. Inner tubes should be used more often in photobooks.



I mean, it might be because I'm a girl, but I'm paying WAY more attention to the awesome purple inner tubes than I am her butt.



THIS IS THE BEST PHOTO EVAR.



I love sporty Charmy. She's very feminine, yes, but I like her tomboyish side. =3



Tsumetaaaaai~



I'll end this one post here. BUT MORE WILL COME! Look forward to it. ;D

From Otaku to Wota...

A year ago, you could have asked me what my favorite thing in the world was, and I would have answered "manga". Now, if you ask me that same question, my answer will most definitely be "Morning Musume."

It's funny how our interests change over time. And I don't mean just likes and dislikes. I mean hobbies, obsessions. Something that you thought would never change suddenly changes.

I was an otaku for the longest time. Over six years, to be exact. By the time I started middle school I was thoroughly obsessed. It started my love for Japan, it prompted me to attend the high school that offered Japanese as a language choice, instead of the German, Spanish, or French that my home school had. I spent my time reading manga and watching anime and planning cosplays and saving my money up for Fanime.

Now, I still read manga, I still like it, but I haven't watched an anime in months. I haven't bought a single manga since the year started. I stopped lurking the anime news sites for signs of fillers ending or new releases. My attention was directed towards Morning Musume and Hello! Project. I initially became obsessed through groupdubbing. I listened to Sakura Mankai, fell in love with it, and joined my first dub. I monitored the person who first held that dub (my dubbing friend Momo) and auditioned for any new ones, just learning the songs as I went. Eventually it exploded into this full-blown obsession.

This weekend is Fanime. It is my third year. If it were like the other two years, I would have been saving up my money since Christmas, I wouldn't have been able to pay attention in class this entire week and I probably would be cosplaying now.

But instead, I spent all of my leftover Japan money on DVDs. I didn't care if I only had fifteen dollars to spend at Fanime. I didn't really care about Fanime until this morning, and even now I'm not as excited as I have been in the past. And today, when I walked through the Dealer's Hall, I was surprised to find that not a single thing appealed to me.

There wasn't a single plushie or hat or T-shirt or book that looked good. I even walked past the booths of manga and didn't even feel the slightest urge to dig through looking for the latest volumes. Unlike last year, there were more booths for hats and action figures, but not a single booth for music, which was what I was counting on. I walked around the hall with zero interest, like I was walking through American Eagle. In fact, nothing caught my interest except for the boy who was carrying around a poster covered with Junjun photos. For the first time I was really excited, I thought that he was advertising for a booth, but he wasn't. He was just like me, an avid Junjun fan.

Looking back, it's a little startling that I have become so detached from the group of people I once felt most comfortable with. I have no memory of ever switching, and it's a lonely feeling. I was walking around in an enormous crowd of people, but I had NO ONE to connect to. Maybe if my friend Sarah had been able to come, it would have been different. Maybe it was because I was with Leah, who rolls her eyes and complains every time I mention the anything wota-like, who claimed that Hello! Project is brainwashing me and that the members just act like how the producers want them to act, and that they're not "actual people". Yeah, this is coming from the girl who pretends to be in love with a video game character. At least my obsession actually exists.

I even found myself looking down on the people at the con. They are otaku, they are loud and obnoxious and fawn over yaoi couples and seem to be completely shameless. Now, I know this is hypocritical of me, but maybe it's my way of responding to the feeling of being all alone. Like... "It's okay if I don't belong. I'm better than them anyway." You know?


Maybe it's because I'm stressed and tired, and maybe because Friday is never fun, and the weekend may get better, but I don't even feel like I want to go anymore.


Let's hope a wota makes him/herself known to me soon. Otherwise, I will surely kill myself.