The Monday Match Game asks: Do you work best solo or in a team?

Hey, it’s the return of the perennial favourite, the Monday Match Game, where we basically say “oooh these idol related things have similar names, isn’t that funny?”  To which the answer is “absolutely and I prefer this one!”  This week we have Shachi & Shachi, who are not a global advertising agency but a journeywoman solo idol and a rebranded idol group.

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Monday Match Game: Mashiro vs. Mashiro

I like to keep things spicy around here. No, there’s no shortage of new idols to learn about or new videos to look at, and goodness knows I’m making a hell of an ask of you guys with the whole Best of 2016 business, but it’s always nice to introduce some new stuff.

And this is new! I’m calling it the Monday Match Game, and it’ll run until I or we run out of ideas, or pure, unadulterated malaise strikes it down simile awkward metaphor!

The thing is, idols are interesting. But they’re even more interesting when they’re pitted against one another in metaphorical mortal combat based entirely on completely tenuous associations between them!

As such, our first entry in the first Monday Match Game pits the Queen of Yami-Kawaii against the Most Metal Cheerz Model in the World. Yes, friends, in a fight to the death, who emerges victorious — Mashiro or Mashiro? Continue reading

DEEPGIRL’s Mashilo Needs a Break

If you follow DEEP GIRL, you may be aware that Mashilo has been dealing with a run of tough physical issues lately; while getting over a bout of conjunctivitis, she also revealed that she has nodules on her vocal chords. This is unsurprisingly an issue for a person who sings, and now that issue is putting her on the shelf:

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