Genki+
20 March 2007
Well, I saw it. I had to stay awake until 5am but I saw it. Surprisingly they didn't make it such a big feature of the announcement in the programme. It only took up the last 10 minutes. But what an important 10 minutes they were. First impressions of the new members is that JunJun seems to be more introverted. She doesn't seem to be able to speak Japanese so they needed to use a translator to communicate. Hopefully once she learns some Japanese she'll become a little bit more outgoing. Of course, most of the members were very quiet when they first joined so it's not so unusual. LinLin on the other hand really impressed me. Despite being a few years younger than JunJun she seems to be a lot more confident of herself. The time she has spent in H!P Eggs has done her good. Her Japanese is fairly basic but she seems to understand what people are saying. I've read a few articles about how she resembles Kimura Ayaka from Coconuts Musume and I have to agree. They could be sisters. The similarities are quite striking. LinLin is definitely my favourite of the two from what I've seen so far. I might even go as far as saying that this was actually a good idea by Tsunku. Maybe...
Before the whole announcement, a major section of the show was about Fujimoto Miki and Kamei Eri's little outing as part of the Hello Project Channel. I didn't have subtitles so I had to guess what the main theme was. From my understanding they were going around trying out different activities that had been suggested by viewers. Miki-sama would then rate them as good or bad. First of we had a spot of dominoes in the Hummer limousine they were being driven around in. This didn't go down very well as you can imagine. The dominoes kept toppling over when they went over any bumps in the road. Eventually after multiple failed attempts to get a long line going they gave up and moved onto the next activity. This was some sort of tennis mixed with Tai Chi. Miki seemed to have an easier time and managed to impress the teacher. She did however send the ball flying off into the distance of a couple of occasions /laugh. Eri on the other hand seem to struggle a little but managed to complete one of the difficult manoeuvres after a few attempts.
Next up came a very odd "sport". As Miki and Eri walk down a path in a local path they spot a white shirt on an ironing board in front of them. They are understandably confused as to what this household item would be doing in a park. Suddenly a man on a bike zooms past and "irons" the shirt on the board, complete with F1 Racing sound effects. Yes, you guessed it, this is the sport of "Extreme Ironing". Apparently boasting a world championship and several athletes, this extreme sport involves doing your ironing in the most inappropriate of of places. Places such as on top of a moving van, on a surfboard, while you're parachuting, etc. This whole segment was hilarious. The two guys who were instructing Miki and Eri seemed to be totally serious about their profession. Unfortunately Miki-sama was less than enthusiastic about the whole thing and failed them. She changed her mind shortly after, most probably out of sympathy /laugh.
The next part has got to be the funniest thing I've seen on Hello! Morning for awhile. The girls went to get some crepes from a street vendor and he agreed to let them make their own. As expected Miki managed to make hers without too much trouble. She liked to imitate the way the Ojii-san said the word 'Nama Kuriimu', emphasising it several times to hilarious effect. Once her crepe was completed she wasted no time in taking a big bite out of it. Then came the turn of Eri. Poor Eri, she doesn't seem to be quite as good as Miki when it comes to these tasks /laugh. Her crepe ended up too brittle and kept breaking more and more as she folded it up at the end. Then came the best bit! Miki told her to take a bite of it instead of picking pieces off with her hands, so she did. Because the whole thing was so brittle a little piece got stuck to her lip due to the cream inside the crepe. She kept trying to lick the piece off with her tongue but it kept making it worse. Eventually it ended stuck right below her nose /laugh. Absolutely the funniest thing ever.
After this the last part seemed a little bit of an anti-climax. It involved them going to a house where they had a mini sumo wrestling ring and little paper wrestlers. This section wasn't too interesting as it mainly involved talking. We did get to see Miki completely dominate the mini tournament with her wrestler, much to the dismay of her rival. After they'd finished they headed back to the studio to find a note waiting for them on the desks. Much to their surprised it turns out that Hello Project Channel is being axed with immediate effect /laugh. I guess this is because of the cut in the length of the show. Shame really, it was turning out to be pretty good. There is the possibility of a return to Maido Arii though. If that turns out to be true then I won't be too sad.
Oh dear, I seemed to have type too much again. This always happens when I'm talking about a certain topic in detail. Sorry!
Posted byHocchan at 4:17 am
