[8/7] BEYOOOOONDS Major Debut Single "Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D・N・A! / Go Waist"

[resop2]

One last weakness to overcome before debut, Yuhane hugs Shimakura Rika and says she likes her.

Can someone explain this to my friend, please?

If this is serious, and your friend does need a translation into another language, then there is no hidden meaning, nothing to explain.

[Celedam]

Wait, what?

<sigh>

No, it's not serious. It's a very old joke: if you don't understand something and you want to ask a question, but you don't want to admit that you don't understand, then you pretend you're asking on behalf of your "friend". Of course everyone knows there isn't really a friend, but they play along anyhow because the joke is so old that it's become an idiom.

In this case, I didn't understand what weakness Yuhane needed to overcome. The way the original tweet was set up, and the way Amped phrased his description of it, it seemed like we should all know. But I didn't. My guess was that it's a callback to Yuhane's fear of cats and the OMAKE video in which she held Kanazawa's cat…

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…but I wasn't entirely sure. Maybe there was some sort of drama between Yuhane and Rika. I dunno. So I asked in the same spirit as the tweet itself, and then when no one replied to me, I figured either my question got buried in the release news or y'all simply ignored it. Frankly, I'd forgotten about it until you replied today.

[Sohee]

I don't know the girls enough to know for sure, but I could see it be either Rika being bad with physical contact or Yuhane's shyness. Or something, idk though. But that's what I assumed.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

It plays like that in the Instagram video where she does it. They both seem reserved about it, and it's a lot shorter but similar enough to the OMAKE "Overcome" videos. The caption seems to be about Yamazaki getting to like Rika, them hugging, and #ForgiveBecauseIt'sCute.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B02A15KlNfZ/

[Amped]

Billboard Japan First 3 Day Sales (8/5~8/7)

BEYOOOOONDS is #1 with 85,636 sold

1. BEYOOOOONDS - 85,636
2. Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE - 56,804
3. ONEUS - 32,249
4. DA PUMP - 20,493

http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/78786/2

Will they sell enough for the rest of the week to get to 90k or 100k?

The gap between Oricon and Billboard Japan is not much..

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Wow, it really isn't much of a gap. They hit 85k on Oricon with the second day numbers, so there's a chance the usual gap will end up flipped around with the third day added in.

[Amped]

3rd day on Oricon : stay @ #3 with 4,014 sold

80,087 + 5,063 + 4,014 = 89,164

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2019-08-08/

Promotion

Member solo signed posters at the H!P Summer concert in Fukuoka, 8/12
http://www.helloproject.com/news/10811/

[Jessi]

If they maintain these numbers they are going to end up with really high first week sales. Holy crap.

[Amped]

According to Takase Kurumi, BEYOOOOONDS "Megane no Otoko no Ko" was recognized today on Music Station's Billboard Japan ranking corner @ #1. They also played a little clip of the MV. Congrats!







DA PUMP Issa's face in the corner.

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[Jessi]

I really want this single to hit 100k by the end of the week. Could you imagine the buzz they could get with oricon #1 and a debut of 100k?

Also success for one group is a success for all H!P. All groups benefit from the increased attention. It’s very exciting times.