Welcomed Back With Some Momusu

December 15, 2008 keystoeverything
Tags: Morning Musume, ranking

Since I haven’t blogged anything in absolutely ages I did review of Morning Musume’s new album COVER YOU on KtoE. And what that did was prompt me to rethink my rankings of the Morning Musume members. When I did this before I didn’t post my opinions properly – I was afraid of offending any particular girl’s fans and it just read flat. So here’s mark two.

NUMBER ONE.
Kusumi Koharu.
Yep. Well she’s been my favourite for quite a while… and I don’t really know why. Based on talent she’s not really a prodigy, honestly her voice and singing style have been getting worse, but the thing is; You can’t blame her. She’s being forced into this cutesy Kirarin mould most of the time and what it’s done is stuck as a habit. But nevermind all that. She’s my favourite because I like her personality and her solo work, not to mention how much I adore the MilkyWay unit.

JOINT FIRST
Niigaki Risa.
She’s actually shot up my ratings. At first she illicited a “I don’t care much about [insert name here]” type response, then she recieved a boost of popularity (with me) by being awesome in Seishun! Love Lunch but even then she was only in the middle of my rank. What did it was pretty recent. She was amazing in Daizenshuu and then Pepper Keibu came out and then I watched the Summer Wonderful Hearts gig and then COVER YOU happened. And Risa sang a little song called Johnnie e no Dengon. I love her voice so much in that. And I love her as the Prince in Cinderella.

NUMBER TWO
LinLin.
It’s her voice. I totally love it and was so surprised and overjoyed when she and JunJun got to sing most of Shiroi Chou no Samba. Not to mention that Ayaya song she led with Airi and that egg – Ogawa Saki- Hajimete Kuchibiru wo Kasaneta Yoru in Wonderful Hearts. Personality wise I don’t see much more than her being all through most songs, but she is serious when she wants to be.

NUMBER THREE
Kamei Eri.
Through Single Daizenshuu I just started liking her more and more. Before that I cared like nothing for her. Also very entertaining in Cinderella I love the bit where she talking at Prince Gaki about being named after a character in ‘The Merchant of Venice’.

NUMBER FOUR
JunJun.
Ah, COVER YOU strikes. Shiroi Chou no Samba was a wake up call where it came to JunJun. I realised that her voice is much nicer than I had previously thought. Maybe because in most of the lines we’ve heard from her before she’s been overpowered by other voices. Anyway, she’s also travelling up my list.

NUMBER FIVE
Takahashi Ai.
I like her but I still want her to graduate. She’s annoying me a bit now, I vastly prefer watching her in Cinderella and Ribbon no Kishi to seeing her in concerts because, while I realise that she is a big-hitter in the H!P world and the leader of Morning Musume, I take exception to someone monopolising live performances. It’s not her fault and I’m not trying to insult her, but it’s been a little too much Ai not enough Morning Musume. It’s not hard to give other people a few lines once in a while.

NUMBER SIX
Tanaka Reina.
I do not have the problem with Reina that others have, I just don’t really have enough evidence to form a case against her in the er… jury of my head shall we say. She is rather rocking in Cinderella\Complex and I also like her in the actual stage play, but I’ve not got much else to go on.

NUMBER SEVEN
Mitsui Aika.
Right. I barely ever acknowledge her in songs because I can’t tell where the hell she is in them. Her smile freaks me out. I don’t think she’s “cute”. I can’t tell if she’s a very good dancer, because any stage-presence she has underwhelms me. I only speak my own variety of truth.

NUMBER EIGHT/A.K.A LAST PLACE
Michishige Sayumi.
I see nothing in her. I don’t like her voice, you can call that hypocritical when Koharu’s my favourite but it’s my ranking, her being all “cute” annoys me. She’s completely blah in my opinion.

 

So… You got all that?
Please don’t comment complaining about someone being opinionated.

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One Comment Add your own

• 1. hexi2008  |  February 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm

  LOL! You hate Sayu and i love her. >w<

  an enteraining read i must say. ^^

  Totally agree though, Gaki makes the best prince ever. ^_^

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