I'm a PASSENGER ☆

Hey everyone!

I just finished eating (*´ω｀*) I made my favourite Japanese curry again today~ It's so tasty! If you haven't tried Japanese curry before I recommend it! 

                                         

　おいしい(ﾉ´∀｀*)

Anyway I spent a lot of today watching ShakuUma TV. ShakuUma TV is the variety show of the idol group PASSPO☆. I've been a huge fan of PASSPO☆ for such a long time- before they had their major debut and were still in the indies stage (；・∀・) They're the best!! The best idol group ever!!

If you're unfamiliar with PASSPO☆, they are a "girl's rock unit" with a flight attendant theme under the Universal Music label (*´ω｀*) Their major debut single "Shoujo Hikou" was released on May 16th 2011 and hit #1 on the weekly Oricon chart!

A lot of the music they make is has a real rock-vibe to it, it's really unlike most other idol music! If you're interested in music that's a bit different or you enjoy rock themes I'd recommend them (*´ω｀*)

Aren't they cute? My "oshimen" (favourite member) is Mori Shiori aka Morishi, the yellow member and PASSPO☆'s "delusional girl". She's full of energy and sometimes not-so-girly with a loud singing voice and lots of talent! I love her! (*´艸｀*) Though lately I have fallen in love with purple member Annya, too... どうしようw

PASSPO☆ also use different terminology for things to fit with their "flight attendant" theme.
Leader - "Captain"
Sub Leader - "Chief Purser"
Members - "Crew"
Concert - "Flight"
Tickets - "Passport"
Fans - "Passengers"

Like that ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ It's a great concept!


I hope you'll all become PASSENGERS, too! （♥ω♥）


Cherry xox

ALcon ☆

Hey guys!

So on Sunday I attended ALCon in Leicester for Oishii! Ichigo work (ﾉ´∀｀*)

ALcon is run by the Anime League forums and goes on for several days each year.

I had to get my train from Sheffield at around 8:15AM, so I got up pretty early. It's funny, I'm not a very punctual person at all- I'm always late for class and things- but yet for conventions and important (to me) events, I always seem to be super early! I booked my taxi well in advance and arrived at the station at 7AM..... though the station didn't even open til 7:30, so I had to wait around in the cold (´・ω・｀)

Selfie opportunity, then (；・∀・)

Anyway, I arrived and met with fellow Oishii! member Scarlett, MK Dance leader Rachel and the lovely Beckii (and Sparkles*) ! The whole crew was here (*´ω｀*) It was so lovely to see evryone again!

Of course, this was our first performance since Kelsey has left the group, so it felt pretty strange. We even got quite emotional during "Ai nano?" !! (TдT)

Our performance was...... well let's just say there was an organisational error on their part that made us look kind of unprofessional, and we weren't too happy about it, but... our actual performing went ok I think! ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ Scarlett had her own solo set afterwards which you can watch on her channel! It was great.

Me and Scarlett~



Me and Beckii~ She was so cute (*´艸｀*)

For the rest of the day I just hung out with Beckii/Sparkles* on their merchandise stand and spent some time hanging out with Scarlett/Rachel too. It was so nice to be able to catch up with everyone again. Talking over the internet is nice but it's a lot more in person right? ヽ(´ー｀)ノ

I got some swag from the event:



2 Area 11 shirts ( ヽ(´ー｀)ノ) and some anime notebooks. They were being sold off really cheaply and they're really cute so I thought I'd get some since University will start in a couple of weeks!



Here's the same ones but the back of them~ The inside pages are printed too but I don't have a photo w

Overall it was a really lovely day! I was sad to go!

Hope to see everyone again soon! ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ


Cherry xoxox

Golden Chinatown

Hi guys!

Today I'm just writing a post on my thoughts on Berryz Koubou's new single, Golden Chinatown.  I thought since I'm into JPOP and stuff I'd start doing reviews and such on here. (´・ω・｀)

Basically let me start off by saying that I do actually love the song, but I think the PV is pretty freaking bad. I thought Asian Celebration looked alright to be honest, but this is... just bad. It's like they spent no money and time or thought on these poor girls. (TдT) I mean even for Hello! Project standards it's bad. (Haha, it shouldn't be at a point where we can say this!)

Yeah, the outfits are dumb but I do think they all look gorgeous. Except for Momoko. Who needs to stop those damn pigtails. =__=" (I... really don't like Momoko at all though, so I won't talk about her again. I don't want to be biased.) But yeah it kind of looks like the hot glued some gold stuff on what might have been a nice outfit. (^_^;)　I think Maasa's is the worst... poor girl. 

I like the lyrics, I think the ~chaina puns are pretty cute, and the song is pretty... alluring? I like Berryz' more mature image so I'm into it. (*´ω｀*)　The melody is cool, and the high notes are a nice touch. I'm not the type of person who cares about line distribution at all but it was very nicely spaced out if you're into that which is a nice touch! The song also has a kind of nostalgic feel to it I think. It's really pleasant to listen to! (*´艸｀*)

But this PV is... just bad. (´・ω・`)　The lights are obviously recycled from Brainstorming's PV and I wish they would stop doing this- that is, discovering something and then using it to death. I mean sure the girls look nice under the lights but really there is NOTHING to this PV (and to be honest I felt the same way about Brainstorming). They deserve more than dancing in front of a crappy backdrop with some nice close ups.  Although having said that, I like the dance. I think it's cool and elegant in places, with little bits of cute and sexy. Captain looked fantastic dancing to it of course, haha. 

I don't know why I got so worked up over it because it's expected of Hello! Project and Kimi Sae was worse than this IMO but I think it's because Berryz has had nice PVs recently too (I liked Be Genki, WANT and Cha Cha Sing you know?) and it's like oh and this one we just through together.　m(__)m

I'd still buy the single though...　(；´∀｀)

And that concludes my thoughts! Lol. If you're wondering who my Berryz oshimen is by the way, it's Risako. (*´艸｀*) Now that Reina's gone she's probably my top in H!P (though she's fighting Sayashi and Sayu for that place). 

Cherry xoxox