Well, it's been a while since there's been a member everyone loves that I don't care about. Looks like Masaki's become that. Cool.
Anyway, 2015 H!P song ranking. Juice=Juice album covers, Nen ni wa Nen (Neniri ver.), Ki Takaku Saki Hokore! and musical songs not included. This is kinda rough but I tried to make it as accurate as I could.
Love:
1. Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Morning Musume。'15)
2. ENDLESS SKY (Morning Musume。'15)
3. Tamerai Summer Time (Country Girls)
4. Koi Dorobou (Country Girls)
5. Dosukoi! Kenkyo ni Daitan (Kobushi Factory)
6. Itooshikutte Gomen ne (Country Girls)
7. Ça va? Ça va? (Juice=Juice)
8. Otome no Gyakushuu (ANGERME)
9. Sukatto My Heart (Morning Musume。'15)
10. Ima Koko Kara (Morning Musume。'15)
11. One and Only (Morning Musume。'15)
12. Desugita Kui wa Utarenai (ANGERME)
13. GamushaLIFE (℃-ute)
14. Yokaze no Message (℃-ute)
15. Wakatteiru no ni Gomen ne (Country Girls)
16. Girls Be Ambitious (Juice=Juice)
17. Survivor (Kobushi Factory)
18. Erabareshi Watashitachi (Juice=Juice)
19. Ase Kaite Carnival (ANGERME)
20. Nen ni wa Nen (Kobushi Factory)
Like a lot:
21. Love together! (Berryz Koubou)
22. Junjou Ecstacy (℃-ute)
23. CHOICE & CHANCE (Juice=Juice)
24. Nanakorobi Yaoki (ANGERME)
25. Ai no Diving (Juice=Juice)
26. Seishun Manmannaka! (Tsubaki Factory)
27. THE FUTURE (℃-ute)
28. The Middle Management〜Joshi Chuukan Kanrishoku〜 (℃-ute)
29. Digitalic→0 (LOVE) (℃-ute)
30. Umaretate no Baby Love (Juice=Juice)
31. Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi (Morning Musume。'15)
32. Oh my wish! (Morning Musume。'15)
33. Wonderful World (Juice=Juice)
Like:
34. Arashi wo Okosun da Exciting Fight! (℃-ute)
35. Ai・Ai・Gasa (Juice=Juice)
36. Tomo yo (ANGERME)
37. Imasugu Tobikomu Yuuki (Morning Musume。'15)
38. Dondengaeshi (ANGERME)
39. Marionette 37℃ (ANGERME)
Okay:
40. Arigatou〜Mugen no Yell〜 (℃-ute)
41. Gashin Shoutan (ANGERME)
42. Ramen Daisuki Koizumisan no Uta (Kobushi Factory)
43. Watashi (Fukuda Kanon)
44. Iron Heart (℃-ute)
45. Tick-tock Watashi no Shun (Juice=Juice)
46. I miss you (℃-ute)
Dislike/really find it hard to care at all:
47. Taiki Bansei (ANGERME)
48. Namida wa Chou ni Kawaru (ANGERME)
49. Kakugoshite! (ANGERME)
50. Mirai e, Saa Hashiridase! (Juice=Juice)
51. Uranjau (℃-ute)
52. Otoko to Onna to Forever (℃-ute)
53. Tsugi no Kado wo Magare (℃-ute)
54. Tsuzuiteiku STORY (Juice=Juice)
55. Kousaten (ANGERME)
56. Mahoutsukai Sally (ANGERME) (not that I like the original much...)
Not a bad year, but not a hell of a lot going on (understandably). Call me an asshole or whatever, but H!P isn't the same without Tsunku's music all over the place. It's not bad, and I'm still gonna follow them until the bitter end no matter who produces them, but after almost a decade it's a huge change that'll take me a while to get used to. I know he's not gone and he's doing the best he can, and I'm not angry at him or anyone else because this is basically the only scenario that could happen in this situation. But the non-Tsunku songs don't have that same... spark or extra layer or whatever. They can try to replicate it, but it's still missing. Then again H!P is more than just the music so hey. I'm just being selfish here.