Year in Review Thread

[Shoujo Q]

What was the most surprising thing?
Sayashi Riho and Fukuda Kanon's Graduations.
Disappearance of Shimamura Uta.
Suzuki Kanon's craptastic year.
2 New Groups in Hello!Project.

What was the most disappointing thing?
MM/15 lack-luster year. Weak singles, stumbling out of the gate and trying desperately to pick up the pieces.
Disappearance of Shimamura Uta.
Tsunku stepping down as producer.
Youtube Red.
Lack of Juice=Juice.

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
-Nonaka Miki
-Yamaki Risa
-Murota Mizuki
-All of Kosbushi Factory

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
It will be Sayashi's for sure. But Kanon's made me a little weepy too.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Taiki Bansei
Oh My Wish!
Itooshikutte Gomen ne
Entire Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan / Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta / Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri Ver.) Single.


Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
MM'15-Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru / Yuugure wa Ameagari / Ima Koko Kara
Tsubaki - Seishun Manmannaka!
Juice=Juice - Wonderful World / Ça va ? Ça va ?
C-ute - Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~ / Arashi wo Okosunda Exciting Fight!

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Angerme

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Juice=Juice
Honorable mention to Tsubaki Factory, C-ute and Morning Musume. (I really didn't like the 58th single.)

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
H!P groups traveling overseas.
More variety in the H!P Winter/Summer concerts.
More lives on big name shows from all the H!P groups.


What would you like to see less of in 2016?
Not to release all the singles within weeks of each other.
If you're going to go with a smaller release schedule, at least beef up the product so it looks like you did something more substantial. Especially when it's a song/single be used for something. (Hi C-ute.)
Quality over Quantity.

What are your hopes for 2016?
Takui attacks a MM'16 song.
Stelladrop to FINALLY perform.
A new H!P Group song.

What are your fears for 2016?
Scandals, Injuries and Graduations.

[Sohee]

What was the most surprising thing?
Sayashi's graduation.
Kanon's graduation not so much but her choice to become a lyricist.
Tsubaki Factory. One new group I saw coming, but two!?
The amazing stuff Hoshibu Shou puts out
How well Takui and H!P works out together
Lovendor Neesan getting to write for Angerme

What was the most disappointing thing?
Morning Musume in general has been rather disappointing.
12ki.

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
12ki - Ogata. Angerme - Murota/Moe. Country - Manaka.
Kobushi - Rena. Tsubaki - Kiki.

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Sayashi, definitely.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Taiki Bansei
Juice=Juice's entire fabulous album.
Sukatto My Heart
The Middle Management
Kobushi's single

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Tsubaki's stuff
Seishun kozou..
Wakatteiru no ni gomenne.. (I think it's just overplayed though. So sick of it.)

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Angerme, Juice=Juice, Kobushi Factory

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Morning Musume, Country Girls

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Interesting girls (13ki plz)
Overseas stuff
Big venue concerts
Big TV shows invites
A new H!P TV show gdi or just a playful new Youtube show, that works too

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
Injuries and health issues. Way too many of those this year.

What are your hopes for 2016?
More acknowledgement from general media
More Juice=Juice to the public plz

What are your fears for 2016?
That MM keeps going downhill >_>
And that Angerme's momentum passes

[Jessi]

What was the most surprising thing?
Hands down it was Uta-chan leaving Country Girls. Didn't see it from a mile away. Sayashi leaving is a close second. Didn't expect a musume to leave so soon after Michishige.

What was the most disappointing thing?
12ki's debut single. Karin gate really bothered me... and the fact that they didn't use the contest winner as Seishun's main PV.
Uta-chan leaving was also disappointing.

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
Even though she is still new, Moe seems like a great addition to Angerme. And also the two new girls from CG who seem so perfect.
Koboshi was this year right? January? So yeah all of Koboshi because they are so strong as a group.

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Sayashi's still counts even though its on the last day of the year so I would say her the most. I really will miss Kanon because she can be a real vocal powerhouse, but she's been in the group for quite a while so I'm not as upset.

OMG WAIT. #1 is hands down UTA. It wasn't a graduation, but her departure was devastating.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Country Girls and Koboshi's debut singles, Oh my Wish, and everything Angerme did except for Gashin Shoutan (PV was nice, but its not my type of song)

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Morning Musume's spring single. I was so upset by the entire debacle with Karin and the contest that it really made me feel frustrated with the single.
Also C-ute's most recent single was really bland. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't interested in it at all. And Juice=Juice's Wonderful World is probably one of my least favorite songs since Seishun Collection.

Overall, which group had the best releases?
This year was 100% an Angerme year. I'm super excited for them in the upcoming year.

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
I would have to say C-ute. Their songs were good, but they were really boring and forgettable. They didn't leave an impression on me like Koboshi, Angerme, Country Girl's in the spring and (even though the spring single upset me) MM in the summer. Juice=Juice is a close second, but their album was really good and made up for the average singles (And also I became obsessed with Ca Ca? Ca Ca? for a little bit)

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
I want to see more of the experimental line distribution stuff with Morning Musume like we got over the summer.

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
Bland songs. Bad PVs. Unflattering outfits on Zukki (I get it, she gained the weight back, but your not helping stylists...), members stepping in for other members in the PVs when that member gets injured, songs with wrestling federation tie ins, negative comments about EDM or Tsunku's absence in H!P, comments complaining that Michishige still hasn't returned, graduations of ace members of the groups.

What are your hopes for 2016?
As always, that Morning Musume releases a single so popular that it reignites the Golden Era (But we all know that probably wont happen)

And since I'll be living in the Netherlands, I hope an HP group goes to France. I'm actually going to be near Paris finally! As much as I love Morning Musume, I would like to meet someone I haven't met. I've shaken Morning Musume and Cute's hands already so perhaps Angerme can finally get a chance to go abroad! Fun Fact: I saw s/mileage do a mini live in Nagoya once, but that was back during Tachiagirl and a whole different era.

What are your fears for 2016?
Declining sales, KSS's that I don't like debuting into groups I love, the graduation of any of my favorite members, that an H!P group goes to NYC when I am no longer living there and am instead in Europe.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

I'll be editing this on release of the new Morning Musume single and °C-ute album later this month.

What was the most surprising thing?
Two graduations, who graduated, and their chosen future goals.
The sudden way in which Shimamura Uta left.
Multiple new groups.
Three groups on a big year-end program.
The role Shimizu Saki now plays regarding H!P.
Kanon already having two writing jobs under her belt.

What was the most disappointing thing?
12th Generation.
Tsunku's situation.
Fukuda Kanon didn't become genuinely interesting to me until she announced her graduation, at which point she started talking about her feelings and interests in various types of writing.
Release schedules.
Lack of the Dance Shot.
YouTube Red.
The decision to use an excess of Karin in the Morning Musume videos. (If for nothing else, it's an annoyance to explain this to every person I show the videos to.)

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
Musume: I don't know.
ANGERME: Murota Mizuki, Kamikokuryou Moe
Country: Yamaki Risa, Ozeki Mai, Yanagawa Nanami
Kobushi: Hirose Ayaka, Ogawa Rena
Tsubaki: Kishimoto Yumeno
Kenshuusei: Kasahara Momona, Maeda Kokoro (Hashimoto Nagisa; technically new in 2014, but I only fell in love with her this year.)

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Shimizu Saki, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Sugaya Risako (Technically this year.)
Sayashi Riho.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Love Together!
Otome no Gyakushuu
Koi Dorobou
'Middle Management' Single
Yuugure wa Ameagari
Gashin Shoutan
Tamerai Summertime
Sukatto My Heart
'Dosukoi!' Single
Arashi wo Okosunda Exciting Fight!
'First Squeeze!' Album

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Seishun Kozou ga Naiteru
Seishun Manmannaka!

Overall, which group had the best releases?
°C-ute, Kobushi Factory, Juice=Juice

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Country Girls, Tsubaki Factory

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
New members, but in smaller numbers.
Appearances on big TV music shows.
Concerts at interesting venues.
Participation in music festivals.
Playing with the leads for singles, within reason.

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
Monologues/spoken lines in songs.
3X3 dance patterns for ANGERME.
Wonky choreography.
Busy, messy looking choreography.
Songs that feel middle-of-the-road.
Dancing/singing teams for singles.
6 month gaps between releases.
YouTube Red.

What are your hopes for 2016?
Great music and PVs.
The return of the Dance Shot.
Kobushi releases recorded covers of a few Berryz songs.
The next new group (if we get one in 2016) is small, 2-4 members tops.
Original songs for Satoyama/umi units, even if the unit members are chosen by drawing.
Hello! Project drama and/or film.
New Hello! Project single to showcase the current lineup.
The "Budokan" drama is a success that brings Juice=Juice plenty of attention publicly.
More anime (music) related work.
Regaining the ability to watch PVs.

What are your fears for 2016?
I won't like new songs.
Hashimoto Nagisa will leave without debuting in Hello! Project or Up-Front.
Injuries and medical problems.
12th Gen doesn't become more interesting.
A lack of improvement between some of the new members.
I won't regain the ability to watch PVs.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

What was the most surprising thing?
Uta leaving, ANGERME 2nd AND 3rd gen.

What was the most disappointing thing?
Berryz graduating ;-;
Tsunku leaving ;-;
Tsubaki Factory
What happened to J=J?!

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
MAHO MAHO MAHO MAHO MAHO MAHOOOOOOO
And Miki, Murotan, Ozeki.

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Berryz. Like, wah ;-;
When your favorite group disbands, definitely a sad moment.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
The entire Dosukoi set
Kanjuku Berryz The Final Completion Box
Every ANGERME song
Arashi (but not Arigatou)

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Seishun Kouzou + Koko Kara
CG's second single
Ca Va / Wonderful World

Overall, which group had the best releases?
Anger-f***ing-me. They definitely didn't anger me.

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
C-ute and J=J, for sure, no doubt. What happened?

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Anger-f***king-me killin' it
Kobushi punching us with their Kobushi just like the first single did
Duu lead <3
PV'S MAAANNNN
Youtube.

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
what J=J and C-ute did this year.

What are your hopes for 2016?
A certain few KSS get upgraded to a group (Kaede, Ruru, Ichioka)
Angerme overseas <3

What are your fears for 2016?
Angerme slump
C-ute slump
MM slump
slump
in general.
Lazy UF* being lazy again.
youtube red still being a thing.

[BerryzCelebration]

What was the most surprising thing?
Riho's graduation announcement. Completely unexpected, I only thought she'd leave around 2017.

What was the most disappointing thing?
No news from the Hokkaido auditions.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
Nonaka Miki. It's not obvious already?

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Berryz Koubou and Kanon's. I was crying a river of tears after both concerts.

Which releases of 2016 were your favourites?
Morning Musume 15's 59th Single
All ANGERME Singles
First Squeeze!

Which releases of 2016 were your least favourites?
Juice=Juice's 6th Single
Country Girls' 2nd Single

Overall, which group had the best releases?
ANGERME.

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
C-ute. I only liked Arashi and The Middle Management from the new singles.

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Miki! Moe! Rio! Sakurako! Kiisora!

An equal distribution among all groups when it comes to member parts on singles.

What would you like to see less of in 2016?:
The Mizuki-Ayumi-Masaki-Sakura format for all singles and having the others just sing back up harmonies. Their 59th single was a good start.

Livehouse tours for Country Girls, I want them to do a concert hall next year. They're perfectly capable.

What are your hopes for 2016?:
The 15th Morning Musume album is released and does very well
The debut for my favorite KSS


What are your fears for 2016?
Morning Musume losing their 100k momentum and going back to like 40-50k a piece

[Kravius Pila]

What was the most surprising thing?
Riho and Kanon F. 's Graduations.

What was the most disappointing thing?

Uta leaving.
Tsubaki.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
CHELSEA!!!
And Kobushi, as group o/

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

Which releases of 2015 were your favourites?
ANGERME's SINGLES !!!
And First Squezze and maybe in future °C-ute Album.
Marionnette 37° C and Kakugoshi from Album Selection "Taiki Bansei.

Which releases of 2015 were your least favourites?
Morning Musume . '15 58th single

Overall, which group had the best releases?
ANGERME' Singles
Overall, which group had the worst releases?
I don't know =o

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Country Girls , Kobushi, Tsubaki, AND Juice=Juice. o/

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
MM.'16, ANGERME, and °C-ute X'D I

What are your hopes for 2016?
I wish MM'.16 will survive without Riho. =p
And New Unit! (with Reina, Kaede, Hikaru, Ruru, Yumei and others o/)

What are your fears for 2016?
Some kenshuusei leaving H!P ...
°C-ute 's graduation...

[Moh]

What was the most surprising thing?
Riho grad, another new ANGERME member, new Country Girls members.

What was the most disappointing thing?
Lack of J=J releases.

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
Sasaki, Aikawa, Ozeki, Hirose, Kishimoto.

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
I had to get a squeegee for my eyes with Fukuda's tbh.

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Taiki Bansei, Nana Korobi Ya Oki
Oh my wish!
That whole Kobushi single
J=J's album
The Middle Management/Tsugi no Kado wo Magare/Gamusha LIFE
Seishun Manmannaka!

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru
Desugita Kui wa Utarenai (liked it at first, not so much now)
℃-ute's latest, even though I actually liked it. Just not a favorite.

Overall, which group had the best releases?
ANGERME

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Because of the lack of them, J=J.

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Good material.

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
Poor material.

What are your hopes for 2016?
B-sides come back.

What are your fears for 2016?
A deluge of triple A-sides.

[bisuketto]

What was the most surprising thing?
Definitely Riho's graduation.
New groups. Not a fan of Tsubaki...

What was the most disappointing thing?
Berryz graduating. I can't get over it.
Also disappointed in the lack of Juice=Juice singles as they have become one of my favorite groups.

Out of the new members, who's your favourite?
Akane
Rikako

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Berryz.

Which releases of 2015 were your favourites?
Yuugure wa Ameagari
Sukatto My Heart
Oh my wish!
The Middle Management
Taiki Bansei
Juice=Juice album

Which releases of 2015 were your least favourites?
Mahou Tsukai Sally
Ça va? Ça va?
Arigatou ~Mugen no Yell~/Arashi wo Okosunda Exciting Fight!

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

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
℃-ute.

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Juice=Juice.
More lines for the 12th Gen.
Duu lead, please.
Cute hairstyles for Sakura.
More color and less white outfits

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
New units/groups.
Dance teams/singing teams

What are your hopes for 2016?
Kaga joining a group.

What are your fears for 2016?
Crappy songs
Kaga leaving H!P

[Pavlova]

What was the most surprising thing?
Riho's graduation, I guess. I was not EXTREMELY surprised but nothing else came as a surprise at all. Maybe CG 2nd generationl.

What was the most disappointing thing?
Tsunku leaving as producer of H!P, even though I understand and support it fully

Out of the new members, who's your favorite?
I'll go by group... Oharu, Murotan, Manakyan, MinaMina, Orisa

Whose graduation are/were you most sad about?
Berryz Koubou as a whole, though Nyon's comes as a close second

Which releases of 2015 were your favorites?
Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan/Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta/ Nen ni wa Nen (Nen'iri Ver.) and Taiki Bansei/Otome no Gyakushuu

Which releases of 2015 were your least favorites?
Wakatteiru no ni Gomen ne / Tamerai Summer Time and Itooshiku tte Gome ne / Koi Doroubou

Overall, which group had the best releases?
ANGERME, closely followed by Kobushi Factory although Morning Musume '15 didn't do half bad

Overall, which group had the worst releases?
Country Girls, though honestly it's been such a slow year...

What would you like to see more of in 2016?
Single releases

What would you like to see less of in 2016?
English songs

What are your hopes for 2016?
Comeback of Satoyama/Satoumi, b-sides, summer shuffle units, maybe another new group

What are your fears for 2016?
That they keep this flow one one/two single a year per group , C-ute graduation of H!P into UF instead.