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This comment made for a rather large discussion the BBS, but just how much is to it? It seems it was split into two teams. The larger being, "Of course, Berryz are HAWT and they can kind aof sort of in a way if you close your ears and eyes and count to ten hold a tune!" and the smaller (and mine) being, "Uh...No."
I don't hate Berryz....really, I don't. They're fun, they're cute, and some of them can sorta sing (Chinami (is that her name?) and Miyabi (who's name I constantly try to spell as MIYAVI.), in specific.) but surpassing MM? Me no think so.
Berryz and C-ute wouldn't exist with MM. Morning Musume started it all, and when Momusu goes down, EVERYONE goes down. Some may argue MM has already "gone down on Tsunku", but that's not that weird, afterall, how did Rika make it in the group? not true, trust me. They're still, I beleive, the best selling all-female group in Japan (correct me if I'm wrong, but they're still outselling toofuckingbigwouldtakeupentirestageontheirown48, right?)
48,000 doesn't seem like a big number when you're in America and the top single sells in the millions sometimes, while the top single on Oricon sells 70,0000 or so, but in Japan I believe that's pretty significant. Also, keep in mind, with a whole new gen coming, the possibilities are endless, and I have an inkling their debut single will be really awesome...for some reason I think Tsunku wants to surprise us positively.
But, also keep in mind, Momusu have never sold THAT amazing until after Love Machine. Let's look at the chart here;
LOVE MACHINE: 1,646,630
A huge jump from the previous sales of Furusato. The single was released at the perfect time, with a new member of only 13 with a somewhat odd but charming look, who actually looked atleast 4 or 5 years older than she was, and sounded that as well, and what with it being patriotic and how Japan needed that at the time.
Koi no Dance Site: 1,229,970
Wow. hold on there, that's a big drop! But to be expected, LOVE MACHINE osld exceptionally well, so this was fine, especially isnce Koi no Dance SIte was actually a rather lackluster single.
Skip to I WISH: 654,640
wtf? Oh, but fourth gen wa sperfect. YOU LYING BASTARDS! IT COULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE THAT MOMUSU IS EXPERIENCING A NATURAL DECLINE!
Oh, put a sock in it, it's alreayd visible that the hype is wearing off.
Skip to Do it! Now: 310,600
OMFG, IT TOTALLY MUST BE 5TH GEN AND TSUNKU'S FAULT! THAT'S THE ONLY VIABLE EXPLANATION! I HATE YOU, TSUNKU!
Skip to Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari: 91,789
*Is now wearing a t-shirt iwth a picture of Sayumi's head covered in red marke rused ot look like blood and holding a shot gun* I HATE YOU MOMUSU, DIE FUCKERS!
Looking at this, I believe you'll find it's a very viable decline. LOVE MACHINE shot them up and created HUGE buzz, but that can only last so long. It seems to me, Momusu began a natural decline that only seemed so bad because of LOVE MACHINE.
And, no, I doubt sales will pick up without another LOVE MACHINE Though Aruiteru did do really well. And I no longer foam at the mouth when I hear it, now I actually LIKE listening to it.).
So, I wonde rif Berryz will pull a LOVE MACHINE of there own, sell millions, and then NOT begin a natural, slow, steady decline that was caused by no one but the consumer...
Can you tell I'm PMSing?
