Year in Review Thread

[resop2]

Hope for next year:

Both BK and C-ute score a #1 weekly on the Oricon charts.

[Raami]

^Maybe °C-ute if they get not a strong Week. If MM could make it with Shouganai 1st and only with 47K in first Week, than they need really only a good Week.

The most surprising thing?
Hello! Project new Year Festival, really surprised and excited.

The most disappointing thing?
Nothing really….Kouhaku isn't that Big they have their own Kouhaku this Year so it's all good.

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
Sasaki Rikako

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
i'm never sad about Graduations.

Which releases of 2013 were your favorites?
Wagamama AI no Joke, Adam to Eve no Dillema, Crazy Kanzen na Otona, Romance no Tochuu, Ijiwaru shinaide.

Which releases of 2013 were your least favorites?
Yattaruchan, Golden Chinatown, Asian Celebration, Kono Machi

Which group had the best releases?
Juice = Juice & °C-ute IMO, MM is at 2nd.

Which group had the worst releases?
Berryz and S/mileage, don't like their Sound.

What would you like to see more in 2014?
Better PV's with some Stories behind it.

What would you like to see less of in 2014?
Close-Ups in PV's we know how they Look UFA so please no Close-up anymore…..

What are your hopes for 2014?
Improvement in hiring other Music Producers, H!P needs some changes in the Sounds area.
Don't get me wrong no new Unit please, Tsunku needs to step up some of the other Groups first!
A MobekisuJ Single with Story-based PV.

What are your fears for 2014?
Bad produced PV's, Singles & Promotions again…...

[otaku_blue]

Wait one of the most shocking things for me was MM getting invited to perform as the main act and perform a medley for Music Station ugh.


This year was such a good year minus the Yaguchi scandal and MM not getting to perform at Kouhaku.

[Denki]

What was the most surprising thing?
Ikuta Erina as sub-leader (lol)

What was the most disappointing thing?
No winners in the Country Musume audition (although we did got the unit in the end)

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
New full member: Sasaki Rikako
New member overall: Nonaka Miki

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Since there was only 1 graduation this year, Sayumin's by default.
That grad concert ended up making me sad as well. ;A;

Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
"Arekore Shitai!", "Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Kimi no Kawari wa Iyashinai",
"Aa Susukino / Chikyuu wa Kyou mo Ai wo Hagukumu", "Kimi wo Koe Sora wo Koe",
"Senobi / Date ja nai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa", "TIKI BUN / Shabadabadoo~ / Mikaeri Bijin"
MM's 14th album

Which releases of 2014 were your least favourites?
"What is LOVE?" (first place)
All of Berryz Koubou's singles (except "Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naki ni")
"Kokoro no Sakebi wo Uta ni Shitemita / Love take it all", "The Future"

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Morning Musume

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Berryz Koubou

What would you like to see more of in 2015?
More of my favorite groups
More KSS debuting
New KSS units
More TV appearances (hopefully an end of year TV specials)

What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Shitty songs

What are your hopes for 2015?
Berryz Koubou having a safe graduation
Eripon solo photobook
Blogs for MM12ki, SM3ki and CG (Want to get to know them more)
Better TV show
More variety for some H!P members (some of them becoming regulars)

What are your fears for 2015?
S/mileage changing too much
Morning Musume '14 drastically changing music styles
Country Girls becoming a disappointment
Firing Okubo Kaoru
injuries in general
Any member who join in or after 2011 announcing their graduation

[Amped]

What are your fears for 2014?
injuries.

looking back at my answer from last year

my fears happened. Kudo Haruka got hurt and missed half of the Evolution tour and performed hurt during release events. and at the very end, Sayu's injury.

[BerryzCelebration]

What was the most surprising thing?
Berryz's hiatus announcement and Sayumi's graduation announcement. I was honetly thinking that they'd announce this stuff in 2015.
What was the most disappointing thing?
Juice=Juice's sales decreasing. Their singles are really good.
Tanaka Karen leaving the KSS program. She had a lot of potential, and she left literally right before there was a string of debuts. I feel like she could've had a chance.
Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
Nonaka Miki ❤️. She's a sweetheart.
Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Sayumi's graduation was very emotional, and I was never a big fan of her tbh.
Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
"Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni/Futsuu Idol 10nen Yatterannai Deshou?!" By Berryz Koubou
"Senobi/Date Janai yo Uchi no Jinsei wa" by Juice=Juice
Which releases of 2014 were your least favourites?
"TIKI BUN/Shabadabadoo~/Mikaeri Bijin". It felt like an underwhelming graduation single. TIKI BUN was "meh", Shabadabadoo~ was OK (perfect for Sayu's personality), and Mikaeri Bijin was honestly the only stellar song featured on the single.
Overall, which group had the best releases?
In my opinion, Berryz Kobo really surprised me this year, especially with their two latest singles.
Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Morning Musume.'14's releases felt really "Meh" to me, I really only liked Mikaeri Bijin, Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa, and Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe.
What would you like to see more of in 2015?
More Juice=Juice.
What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Less of those "syllable" lines (like the "Aishiteru" in One Two Three)
What are your hopes for 2015?
- Ruru, Kisora, Hamachan, Kaga debut
- Some kickass songs from Country • Girls
- A great farewell concert for Berryz
What are your fears for 2015?
Graduation announcement.

[Jessi]

What was the most surprising thing?
S/mileage's new members. That all happened so fast and so out of the blue, but I'm glad it happened!
Oh and... MORNING MUSUME CAME TO NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!

What was the most disappointing thing?J
Tikibun. I was hoping it would be a better song.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
Miki for MM! Rikako for S/mileage 3rd gen and Manaka for Country Girls. (Mai is a close second)

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Well it was only Sayu right? And boy I cried for Sayu's grad and I've NEVER done that

Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
14 Sho ~The Message~ is absolutely amazing.
I miss you and the Power by C-ute
Berryz really surprised me with Ai wa itsumo and Diet

Which releases of 2014 were your least favorites?
Anything S/mileage did.

Overall, which group had the best releases?
I'm bais for MM although they didn't do as well as last year.
Berryzkobo really surprised me considering how bad they had been doing the year before.
C-ute though may win it all. They really went up after a sluggish year last year. The Power and I miss you are so awesome.

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Again S/mileage.
Mystery Night! / Eighteen Emotion and Aa Susukino / Chikyu wa Kyo mo Ai o Hagukumu were both terrible.


What would you like to see more of in 2015?
CANT WAIT for S/mileage 3rd gen, MM 12th gen, and Country Girls.

What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Boring PVs and generic sounding songs.

What are your hopes for 2015?
A new KSS group with at least 7 girls and Ruru and Hamachan are included.

What are your fears for 2015?
No new group. MM's sales drop and the music is just horrible. Country Girls with crappy Satoyama style music. S/mileage 3rd gen completely wasted with crappy non genki platinum era styled emo music.

[Amped]

What was the most surprising thing?
Morning Musume. '14 coming to New York

What was the most disappointing thing?
Sasaki Rikako's debut, joining Smileage.
Kouhaku again. Morning Musume. '14 worked hard all year leading to a disappointing December. again.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
Makino Maria

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Sayumi's

Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
14 Shou ~The Message~

Which releases of 2014 were your least favorites?
C-ute

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Morning Musume. '14

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
C-ute

What would you like to see more of in 2015?
more H!P on bigger show specials, consistently. start now, go every year from now on.

What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Sasaki Rikako in Smileage, Momochi.

What are your hopes for 2015?
new Kenshuusei group of my favorites.
a great year for every member of Morning Musume. '15 and new Leader Fukumura Mizuki.
a Morning-C-ute-Smile-Juice-Country-new unit type single

What are your fears for 2015?
2014's momentum slip.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

Before i comment my own stuff, let's take a look at some others' predictions:

What are your hopes for 2014?
For Lovendor to release an original single.

Nope, sry. xD (albums, but no single. xD)

What are your hopes for 2014?
Morning Musume goes to New York City.

Great hope you got there. xD

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What was the most surprising thing?
Morning Musume in New York!!!

What was the most disappointing thing?
Berryz工房's hiatus/disbandment announcement.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
の・な・か・み・き・

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Well, Sayu's (because it's the only one...)

Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
1-Oku 3 Zenman Sou Diet Oukoku, Senobi, MM'S 14TH ALBUM <3, Towa no Uta

Which releases of 2014 were your least favourites?
Every C-ute song other than I miss you. (and maaybe the power), Black Butterfly, Otona na no Yo,

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Morning Musume.'14
(Berryz in close second <3)

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
C-ute

What would you like to see more of in 2015?
Berryz. (oh well. ;-;)
Duu, J=J's up-beat Jazzy style, C-ute to get better songs. o.o
Concerts in America, advertising for singles, PV's that actually have more than a dance and closeup, [money so i could buy more stuff], ALBUMS FOR EACH GROUP. Seriously, where did albums disappear to? ;-;, Sales above 40k c:

What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Bad C-ute singles, Boring PV's, graduations (although this is already screwed over because of Berryz...), Riho center- give us other MM girls as center!, Whimpering sales for J=J and S/mileage.

What are your hopes for 2015?
Berryz will come to America before their disbandment. (ha!), MM tries new styles of music, a new group formed in place of Berryz, a new NEW golden age for H!P... TSUNKU GETS FULLY HEALED <3

What are your fears for 2015?
H!P declines back into the period where they had no momentum...
Haruna/Ikuta/Zukki graduating...
C-ute disbanding...
Wada leaving... (I mean, didn't she say once S/mileage gets a third gen, she might leave? or is that untrue?)

2015 Predictions:
Morning Musume passes 180k
C-ute gets #1 finally
S/mileage passes 40k
J=J gets less promotion than they currently have
Captain becoming the next Aika of H!P. (aka there but doing nothing xD)
Haruna graduates

[Moh]

Keeping up with the past two years, only filling out a few!

What was the most surprising thing?
Sayu grad was surprising when announced. Also Berryz' hiatus announcement.

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
I actually cried during Sayu's so YEAH. Self-explanatory.

Which releases of 2014 were your favourites?
TokiSora, TIKI BUN, Diet, Love take it all, THE FUTURE, Mystery Night!, Kaze ni Fukarete.

Which releases of 2014 were your least favourites?
What is LOVE? (sorry), Password is 0 (SORRY), The Power.

Overall, which group had the best releases?
MM.'14, C-ute, J=J.

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Still Bellyz, but their last single was good.

What would you like to see more of in 2015?
Good releases.

What would you like to see less of in 2015?
Crappy releases.

What are your hopes for 2015?
MM.'15 in Atlanta! ( )