NMB48: I Want to do Sports! Ep. 1 – Two Dutches
So on NMB’s channel, they started a new program. The prior one was the one with farming, and I think there are 4 or 5 episodes. The new one is headlined by Takano Yui, who wants to do sports, I guess....
View ArticleNMB48: NMB to Manabu-kun – Episode 34: Someone ordered Dominos.
Oh Renapyon… I didn’t bother watching the news part. I’ll probably go back to it later, something about weather and clouds and stuff. Instead, we get more Renapyon. God, her character is so awful. I’m...
View ArticleNMB48: Midnight Comedy (Riichan + Momoka) — Spring is not in Full Bloomers
For all the knocking that I give NMB48 for not performing live, they actually appear on live comedy/play-type stuff. I think that’s really cool. Actually, I think that’s just cool in general. We spend...
View ArticleAKB48+NMB48: AKB48 SHOW Episode 8 — Yuihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Another episode where I skip through a lot of things. I do that a lot lately. Man, I’m lazy. With comedy! The comedy skit featured what seemed like Miichan and Team 4? I think. I’m so not used to Team...
View ArticleNMB48: Ohayou Asahi Desu! – 11/26/2013: Girls be tricky
Ready for a surprise? Ah, good ol’ cheesy Nana. WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR Well, I heard she dyed it back for now, so that’s good. Man, what a disaster. And stop making those funny faces at me! This...
View ArticleNMB48: I Want to play cards! Ep. 1 – Uno, but not the Misako kind
Really? Cards? Don’t you have any loftier goals? Ohta Yuuri wants to play cards. for her NMB channel special. Uh, that’s great, I guess. Couldn’t you have chosen something that requires more effort or...
View ArticleNMB48: Spotlight on Random Member #1 – Konomin
Since I’m bored and I need more content, I think it’s time to start a new series in which I’ll highlight a random member that I’m into, and talk about some of their interesting points. What’s funny is...
View ArticleNMB48: NMB to Manabu-kun – Episode 35: It all falls down
Once again, I skip the educational part. I think they were talking about the Sengoku Jidai or something. Basically, history in Japan that I don’t really care about. I mean, I’ve tried to care about it,...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Shimarena shows off a “Lucky Bag.” Hope everyone had a good holiday season! I had guests up until last week and I’m just still trying to catch up with all the new stuff, hopefully I can get a couple...
View ArticleNMB Team BII: Makuhari Aeon Mall Theater Performance 01/04/2014
Team BII comes out swinging with a performance at the new Makuhari Aeon Mall in Chiba! Now, unfortunately, I don’t know enough about malls in Japan. I went to an Aeon Mall, but it felt like going to...
View ArticleQuick Hit: How Ohta Yuuri entertains without saying a single word
From the New Year’s performance, the short skit before Team B2′s performance: The rest of the New Year’s performance was fantastic, by the way. The KKS song “Sunglasses to Uchiakebanashi” somehow shot...
View ArticleNMB48: NMB to Manabu-kun – Episode 38: Nana enters the Danger Zone
Does this really look like a person who wants to go airborne? Even though Nana was in tears when she was, err, “selected” to go skydiving, there was something about her that made me think this was...
View ArticleNMB48 G+: Milky throws down the gauntlet
To the people lining up since yesterday to offer congratulations, thank you very much.❤️ It was probably really cold… I’m really happy though. (T_T) After receiving many cheers of congratulations I...
View ArticleNMB48: Team BII Performance 01/12/2014 — Jou with B2, Konomin’s Birthday
Here, enjoy a subtitled MC. Jou definitely looks more confident and polished compared to her earlier days. Her laugh is still adorable as ever, but she also seems much more comfortable and at ease...
View ArticleNMB48: I Want to Play with Animals! Ep. 1 – The Island of Kawaii
I’ve been trying to write another one of those NMB spotlights, but it’s really tedious when you want to include video clips and subtitle them. It’s like, it’s in wmv, but you have to convert it into...
View ArticleNMB48: Mako’s Graduation Announcement + Collected Comments from Other Members
I, Umehara Mako, hereby announce my graduation. As I did a lot of activities and experienced many things with NMB48, my thoughts towards a certain dream of mine that I held for a long time have...
View ArticleNMB48: NMB to Manabu-kun – Episode 43: Tap dat dance
AIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I quite like Aika. She was the fastest promoted member, yet strangely because of her fast promotion to Team N, she’s missing out on a lot of the...
View ArticleNMB48: NMB to Manabu-kun – Episode 44: Tap dat dance, the conclusion
Last week I went on vacation, and this week I came down with a terrible stomach virus. But now I’ve had some time to catch up. Or rather, since I took sick leave, I can catch up, lol. Aika and...
View ArticleNMB48: NMB48 Team Betsu de Yattande! Team BII
I’m actually very bitter over the shuffle. Like, I wanna quit the group-level of bitterness. I’ll try to avoid that and keep my thoughts to a later post. I was really curious when reading BII Members’...
View ArticleI hate the NMB shuffle.
Why I’m bitter about the Shuffle: I was joking with a friend earlier, saying that “Hey, you know that big Japanese girl group that I shamefully like? Well, tonight is do-or-die time so I might not like...
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