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This performance gives me many feelings lol. First and foremost, I am so proud of the girls. They did wonderfully with what they were given. Of course I wish this could've been performed when the song initially came out, but it's so easy to see the apparent bias MS has against MM.

The talk segment was just a bunch of informational video with little chance for anyone to shine. The actual performance itself, what the hell was up with the constant Birdseye? Like even before they had shown the "compass dance" they were stuck on birdseye. It almost felt cold in a way, the complete lack of professional camera work. Like they could've had anybody in there to do it, as long as it was a fucking compass dance.

Let's not even get started on the sparse amount of close ups, and completely forgetting to do a close up on certain solo lines. Man I hate MS, it's just unprofessional all around to not even do the bare minimum of what is your fucking job, which is to work the camera properly.

Anyway, like I said the girls did great with what they were given/how they were treated. There were are few arms and legs out of sync here and there but w/e

"Pussuma" Squid fishing segment 9/2 preview - Morning Musume. '16 (Eripon, Harunan, Ogata, Nonaka)


Egashira makes an appearance again.

Morning Musume. '16 message after Music Station

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/contents/m_after/cur/

^^It wasn't just the compass, the whole entire point of the performance on there was to show off how they move through formations. The performance wasn't supposed to be about the girls, but about their dancing style, which is why they made the choices they did, I'd guess.

It must have been nerve-wracking for the girls to know that they had to do that dance absolutely perfectly. Also, I don't think I actually enjoy Maachan and Mizuki sharing duet lines. I noticed this in the J-Melo performance as well, they don't seem to blend well vocally.

wow that was one of Fukuchan's best performances.
I haven't seen her THAT charismatic and on point in a while. Her last "ah" was iconic.

It was a long but so worth it wait. The performance was to show off the choreography, but the girls did manage to shine on their own. Maria centre at the beginning was great! It is a shame the other half of 12th gen didn't get any much screentime but I guess there's more of a generational seniority thing?

Amped wrote:on 8/27, Ayumi, Kudo, Haga Akane, and Juice=Juice will be live studio guests on Ara Ara Kashiko morning show to promote the H!P Summer concert in Sendai this weekend and Juice=Juice's new single

Ara Ara Kashiko 8/27/16 - guests Ayumi, Kudo, Akane

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That performance is the most cohesive they've felt in a bit to me, making this one of the stand-out moments in recent memory where I don't feel like things are a little clunky or like a select few are pulling back the overall performance. Even without much individual focus I really enjoyed it.

They really focused on the performance, you see how sharp it is too

Music Station effect

Ai no Gundan's MV views increased by 6,000 since Music Station. MV also reached rank #139 on Japan iTunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkgQUF5wfU

Ara Ara Kashiko 8/27/16 - Ayumi, Kudo, Akane, Juice=Juice