[1/23] Morning Musume's 52nd Single "Help me!!"

[questorminator]

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I can relate to your story somewhat except that I never really got to warm up to AKB (God knows I tried) and I just shifted my main girls to Berryz Kobo for a time. I've never really gave up on MM even when I got dismayed by their poor sales performance. But I still have a special place for them. This is the group I've been following since Morning Coffee (primeval internet connection notwithstanding) and I have a lot of good memories with the early generations. While I personally will follow them regardless of their sales performance, I'm still happy that all their hard work is starting to show results. Tangible results, not "I wish them well" or "I'll support them from afar" type of results.

Ah what the heck, I'm getting all sentimental here.

[danzarely]

The difference between AKB fans and MM/H!P fans is plain and simple - dedication.

I've been around since Shabondama - I know a lot of people that have been around since well before then. We were there with them during the highs, and the horrific lows like Mikan. A lot of us never thought we would see another 6 digit sales figure, ever. So that's where we differ.

AKB fans came around with River like, what, last week? We've been digging our heels in deep and fighting in the trenches for over a decade.

So our happiness isn't "Yay #1!" for selfish reasons, it's "OMG YES SAYU AND REINA GET TO SEE ANOTHER #1! It's been 45893745020 days since then! And the new girls get to experience it!" - we're generous as fans, despite our NONSTOP bitching at one another over streamers, line distribution, and Kanon's childhood obesity.

[Amped]

if Morning Musume will get #1 weekly..

- it will be the 1,300th Oricon single to get #1 (Love Machine was the 700th single at #1)
- will have a #1 in 3 different eras - 90's, 00's and 10's

- 52nd consecutive top 10 single
- it will be their 12th #1 weekly on Oricon

- 9ki, 10ki, 11ki experience their first weekly #1 single

morning news



http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130128 ... 5000c.html
http://news24.jp/entertainment/news/1626569.html
http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entert ... 29_2288503

[danzarely]

When does Tsunku start calling Sakura the "miracle" - Lord knows he owes us an accurate one after the last "miracle" he thwarted on about

[sb]

Koharu is the miracle cause it was a miracle none of the other girls beat her ass in she was in Momusu.

Besides, Momusu actually sells now so he doesn't have to artificially generate hype like he did back then.

[DARC1993]

Still slayin'.

They better be all over the news.

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Morning Musume is trending hot on Twitter in Japan
http://tr.twipple.jp/talent/

and trending as news today
http://tr.twipple.jp/news/

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Tsunku
https://twitter.com/tsunkuboy/status/295994311793864705

[Pavlova]

The difference between AKB fans and MM/H!P fans is plain and simple - dedication.

I've been around since Shabondama - I know a lot of people that have been around since well before then. We were there with them during the highs, and the horrific lows like Mikan. A lot of us never thought we would see another 6 digit sales figure, ever. So that's where we differ.

AKB fans came around with River like, what, last week? We've been digging our heels in deep and fighting in the trenches for over a decade.

So our happiness isn't "Yay #1!" for selfish reasons, it's "OMG YES SAYU AND REINA GET TO SEE ANOTHER #1! It's been 45893745020 days since then! And the new girls get to experience it!" - we're generous as fans, despite our NONSTOP bitching at one another over streamers, line distribution, and Kanon's childhood obesity.

I beg to disagree about one thing; I may have been there for MM since Do it! Now, if not before, but I was also there for AKB since Skirt, Hirari. Both groups have lifelong fans, and recent fans. Both groups gained fans at their peak, that's just normal. If MM was ever to sell one million again, would we shun new fans and tell them they are just "hopping onto the bandwagon?" i hope not, i hope we'd welcome them with open arms.

[Rm88]

Lol, sales. My group is considered successful when it manages to go above 30k.