Daisuki Daiiyo wrote:It's always easy to say in retrospect that we saw this coming because so-and-so's face looked bored in a PV or what have you, but as a DD Berryz fan, I can say that I am legitimately shocked. Paying attention to all of their releases, their DVD Magazine's, their TV Appearances, making-ofs and etc, they were always energetic and enjoyed what they do. They have a dynamic and camaraderie that is the best out of all of the H!P groups when it came to concert MCs, backstage footage, or DVD Magazine's. They line up jokes with ease, and have rapid-fire banter.
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lol writing anything in-favor of Berryz on this forum is like shouting into empty space though lol. No one ever hears it, and is already thoroughly convinced that Berryz was limping along the past 3 years due to sales and Maasa's face in PVs.
I just want to go on record that for me personally there never was any issue of them not being energetic, of them not seeming into it or anything of the sort.
At most I offered some criticism about Maasa letting her physical condition slide.
I expected it simply because they're pushing 10 years plus.
That's very rare in the world of (female) idols.
But I never felt they were phoning it in or anything like that.
Their releases were solid and much more to my own liking than °C-ute's.
Their DVD magazine segments, MC's and other appearances were like a safe zone in H!P.
You know they would pull it off, it would be funny and they would play well off of each other.
In many ways they offered a nice alternative to all the energetic young guns that joined H!P in the last three years.
In the sense of: "Ok, let's not worry about getting another Oricon #1 in a row or five tv-appearances in a week. Let's just genuinely have fun, and the rest will take care of itself."
. I'd never expect to see someone like her to be crying like that. Berryz Koubou was most of her childhood, she basically had a majority of her memories in that group, as for the rest of them.
