i was imagining what a combined version of the Seishun Kozou PV's would look like. i should have known someone would be working on it!
it flows better than i thought it would, considering how different the style & visuals are. i like it! i'll stick to watching the official ones to help with view counts, but i like the idea of not having to decide which one to watch.
besides the usual bitter sentiment towards the changing line-up, I've always been more sad over how quickly Ogawa Saki burnt out.
these girls went from having to campaign on the streets for a mosaic, then construct the mosaic just so they could debut after spending years in training from a young age. then they were criticised harshly online after Kanon made a comment against SNSD, and then they had to all cut their hair short for one single, while at the same time releasing their first album, first hall tour, and going through extensive training and preparation. while on top of this, having to deal with the pressure that came out of being the first new group since C-ute. and this was just the start of the hardships the group faced.
even then, Saki had even more work with Oha Girls, and then the workload just increased with Oha Girls Maple. so its not surprising that after a year of debuting that she'd already feel like leaving.
that's why I have so much respect and sympathy for S/mileage and Angerme, a group that has evolved so much and overcome their own hardships.
I made some video compilations. Juice=Juice and Morning Musume, these are the first videos I have put up in a year. I might make some of these videos for ANGERME and C-ute at some point and update my Berryz Kobo video with their last music videos