I know we have been more of a blog (our true self, really!) and less of a news site in 2022. It was a weird year and timeliness regarding idol news just couldn’t be a priority, unfortunately.
However, it is with a heavy heart that I figure I should use the event mentioned in the title as sort of wrap-up of the notable things that have happened in the last few months with Codomomental. Grab your tissues and let’s get to it.
At least I can stop complaining about idol being boring this year; the death toll alone is incredible. Lyric Holic, at times the most viciously loud thing in idol but also capable of real-deal beauty (because Tama), had their final one-man later today*. Maybe it means something that I wouldn’t have even known it if not for randomly seeing a tweet from a member of another (friendly) group** wishing them well:
かっこよかった😌リリホリのステージ、私もしっかり目に焼き付けました👌たまさんの歌をまた聴ける日を楽しみにしつつ、ルリアちゃんもしおりんも、新しい道に進んでも友達でいてね😳みなさんお疲れ様でした❗❗ pic.twitter.com/dzynrASG5K
— りょん🐾君と僕、ときどきメランコリック (@kimiboku_ryon) November 7, 2017
Idol English, man
I’d point you to stuff directly from the official account, but it appears to have simply given up. Instead, we tell a story with the members themselves! Continue reading
All right, confession time: Who out there (raise your hands) thought that the plan to have all of Himekyun Fruit Can — unofficially but kind of really the longest-running hard rock idol unit in the business — graduate following a long farewell run-down, and then replace them with totally new and fresh members, was going to be run about as well as just about everything else from that company over the past couple of years, and we’d get a reboot roughly on par with … I was going to give an example, but I have too much respect for the people in question, so let’s just say, a reboot that would not be well-executed.
My hand is up!
Well, let’s all just maybe lower those suckers and look, because Mad Magazine may have gotten this one right:
@homicidols ひめキュンフルーツ缶 recruited 7 new idols. i'm shocked! pic.twitter.com/2IRoHDGl6h
— ポニメタ@LiSAッ子 (@ponimeta) October 31, 2017
You guys are going to have to forgive me for this one, but I have love to Especia that goes way beyond anything that this website could ever contain. So fancy my interest when this happened yesterday:
Especia Last Tweet 24:00
— Especia (@EspeciaOfficial) October 31, 2017
That’s right: I’ve kept my Especia notifications set to on for months in the hopes that the group would be resuscitated or something. It bore fruit in the form of the live recording of their last live: Continue reading
