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Lord, I bet that venue was PACKED.... Kei, Aibon, and Yosshi all at once? That's nostalgia central. 

I do wish Yosshi would've had a signature track as well. Kei/Aibon really had a lot of influence with As For One Day, and I WISH is basically Ai's song... Yosshi had good moments in both tracks, but it would've been nice for one of our leaders to get to do a signature track as well... like Kanashimi Twilight, Mr. Moonlight, etc...

That dance break was pretty killer. I think that was the best part. I like the song well enough... but I can't help but compare it to All for One, because that song had so much traction and momentum. Like it was obvious that the lines were organized by seniority and it gave the song a clear sense of direction. Yeah Yeah Yeah just kinda drags on and all the voices are mixed so much that it all just sounds like unison. 

I get that having so many previous KSS scattered amongst the groups leads to arguments about seniority/generations/etc.... but having things lined out a bit more would've made the song feel more nostalgic, in my opinion. Even Busu ni Naranai, which doesn't feel commemorative at all... still kinda had a layout/line division that made sense for the megaunit. Yeah yeah yeah just all runs together.

 

And what's with all these short notices with MM's graduations. It feels like it's becoming a norm.

 

Well... it actually used to be the norm...ish. Knowing about graduations a year or so out is quite generous, since you'd usually find out at the beginning of the tour or during the preceding H!P tour. Like 2/3 of graduated members had less than 6 months' notice. The big ones for fan faves got lots of notice.

 

I can agree with this. I joined the fandom around the time of Shabondama and I feel like there was a graduation every two or three singles back then. The group had expanded so much and multiple girls reached an age where they wanted to leave and branch out all at once, like Kei, Charmy, Kaori, Nacchi, Mari (kinda), etc....

So with how much growth H!P has achieve, I honestly expected another MM grad to come soon. And Honey was the most likely. It'll be sad to see her go, but I dearly hope that they give her a type of song like Duu got. Doesn't necessarily have to be a Honey lead vocal... but just something nice and commemorative since she DOES have a record for longest serving sub leader.

I don't think it LOOKS bad... but the song is so boring. I'll never understand the disdain for Mobekimasu's Busu ni Naranai, because that song was a MAJOR bop. If they'd done something similar to that in terms of genre and style... I think the hype for this single would be much higher. 

Light color palette, simply PV, mid-tempo song.... it's a pure recipe for 40,000~ first week sales that everyone will moan about.

From Harosute

Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER ～ONE FOR ALL～
ANGERME / Uraha=Lover【2018.08.05 Nakano Sun Plaza】

What a STELLAR performance! They're totally at 110% with this current line-up.