After Rin and Misa managed to tie against Fuka and Inori, they realized something. The Orcano isn’t fast enough to even beat them. Upgrades costs money, so the girls decide to take some part time jobs.
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Kandagawa Jet Girls – Episode 9 – The Feisty Shrine Maiden
The preliminaries near. While Misa and Rin trained, they noticed a girl trying to jump off the bridge. I wonder why?
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Kandagawa Jet Girls – Episode 8 – Seeking out the Nyu-Nyu
Now that Misa and Rin got even closer, they decide to do something unexpected. Rin drags Misa along with Manatsu and Yuzu to find the Nyu-Nyu.
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Kandagawa Jet Girls – Episode 7 – Rin’s Exam Woes
It’s almost time to prepare for a competition. The only problem, Rin kind of failed her examinations, thus Misa has to put her foot down. In other words, no training?
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Kandagawa Jet Girls – Episode 6 – Third Date Attempt is the Charm
Last time, Rin and Misa receives a racing challenge from Hell’s Kitchen. However, it didn’t turn out well as they hoped.
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Kandagawa Jet Girls – Episode 5 – Misa, Rin and Hell’s Kitchen’s Challenge
Now that Misa and Rin won a race against Jennifer and Emily, their relationship finally grew closer. Also, the idol pair finally makes an official appearance.
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Bang Dream’s Popularity Two Years Later, Girl-Band Boom or The Raise of Mobage?
Nearly two years ago, I wrote an editorial sharing my reasons why the Girl-Band Boom will never happen. Since then, Bang Dream has grown in popularity, especially with their overseas mobile game release. From this, I thought I was going to eat crow over this. With some thought, I wonder if the statement Kidani Takaaki made was correct. Or maybe, does it represent another trend for gaming in Japan? Here are my thoughts.
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Love Live Sunshine!! Second Season – Episode 5 – Riko Overcomes Her Fear for Dogs
Riko finally overcomes her fear with dogs?
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Bang Dream and the Girl-Band Boom, Does it Even Exist or is it a Pipe dream?
For a while now, I have come across an article about BanG Dream. It’s about a statement that Kidani Takaaki made. He said that “the idol boom that has continued until now is already finished this year.”
In other words, he believes that idols will make way for the girl-band boom. However, I am very skeptical of that for many reasons that I will share.
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie Review
At last, here is the movie that everyone is waiting for as Muse’s finishes their journey as school idols as they go on a surprise trip to the big apple to help promote the future of Love Live. (This is a review of the Japanese copy of the Blu-ray with English Subtitles.)
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The Idolm@ster Gravure For You (Main and Cinderella Girls) – Final Impressions
Unless you are a big Idolmaster fan, which I am, most people probably have not heard about Gravure For You. This is a bonus mini game that comes bundled with the Blu-ray packs that allows you to take pictures of idols wearing different outfits with different poses. There are nine different volumes for the main series and Cinderella Girls. With that, I will share my overall thoughts on these mini games, mainly focusing more on the Cinderella Girls Gravure For You, which introduces more features.
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Thoughts about Idols in Anime – Why do we adore them?
In the past, I have been somewhat critical towards the state of idols in Japan and Korea on various things such as the apparent lack of talent and of course these agencies taking complete control of their personal life by preventing any of their members from dating anyone. However, this doesn’t mean that I dislike idols completely for the fact that idol themed shows has shown some positive aspects that can relate to life along with the cheerful music. Here are some of my reasons why I and many people enjoy idol-themed anime and video games. (Image Source)
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Idolmaster Puchimas – First Brief Impressions
I bet most people were expecting a second season of Idolmaster. Instead, we got this… (Image Source)
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