yoroshiku onegai shimasu
[my first ranking list]
From a perspective of becoming a Morning Musume fan in 2006
My favorite generations as a group are:
1 – Fifth
2 – Seventh
3 – Eighth
4 – Sixth
5 - First
6 – Fourth
7 - Second
8 - Third
9 - Ninth
10 – Tenth
(as individuals Hitomi and Maki would be high on my list so because their generation is lower does not mean I don’t appreciate their contributions; in 2006 Hitomi was the last of the fourth generation and the leader; I never knew Maki in the group at all along with the pre-fourth gens; when Hitomi graduated I never dreamed that seventh and eighth generation could carry Morning Musume as well as they did, just like the ninth and tenth have today.)
The fifth, seventh, eighth, sixth, and (Hitomi) fourth generation Morning Musume have been my favorite Musume formations so far. But as a group I like the First Generation over the Fourth generation that is why they are ranked that way.