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[jitsauce]

29. Rhythm Heaven! (Or Rhythm Tengoku?)

Might be the largest cast I've drawn yet, containing over a 100 characters... hence why I skipped out on shading it, it was already so busy as is.

[haropro-confessions]

MM’s new MV is exactly the direction I think they should be heading! Fun, melodic, the newer generations in their rightful spotlight! I think they should keep releasing more fresh, fun songs and add Itsuki, Momoha and Niina as a starpower minster-generation, break their recent history’s tradition and just REALLY go full force with the fun and friendly athmosphere and not be afraid to show the members personality and talents!

Other related confessions:

I love this new single I don't care if it's classic corny Musume. I prefer this upbeat music to the sad stuff like Nandaka that was a staple of the Fukumura Mizuki era. This single definitely feels like Eripon's leadership and what it's represented. Nicely done, Tsunku!

Morning Musume's new song, "Ki ni naru Sono Ki no Uta" is soooo good! Finally, a fun song that doesn't sound like a rehash of a dozen other songs. I'm glad we get a bit of experimental chaos with some traditionally catchy H!P melodies. I know MM is in a weird place and has been the center of a lot of negativity lately, but credit where it's due: this new song is a banger.

Wow, I feel like Morning Musume's "Ki ni Naru sono Ki no Uta" fixed every issues the group had during these last 10 years !! The music genre and outfits are unexpected but still Momusu style, the song is funny and catchy mirroring the actual young members with their dorky personnalities, the choreo knows when putting aside the whole group to make the 2 or 3 members who are singing shine, the MV has some kind of setting other than the girls dancing on a decorated scene and shows every members equally with the close up, and the line distribution makes every girl shine even for a short time. Honestly, my only complain would be the song itself that sounds more like an album song or some B-side but she is also an earworm with the "Sono Ki. Makenki. Shinkokyuu" parts and the upbeat instrumental. I'm just so satisfied, I really hope the future releases will follow this path for the new era of the group !

OKAY so Tsunku's self liner notes for “Ki ni Naru...” shed such an interesting light. He straight up said MM can't really be the intricate and aggressive dance group especially now that idol dance levels are insane and the public's way pickier about what counts as good dancing. So instead of trying to keep up, he was like let's just make a fun party-like song. And honestly?? GENIUS. What makes it even wilder is that back in the Riho era, when Perfume and E-GIRLS were dominating as THE top dance groups, Tsunku went on TV calling MM the best dancers in J-pop, saying their formations were the cleanest in the idol scene. And back then? He wasn't wrong. I love that he pivoted. Like YES thank you for not forcing new gen members to do tight, advanced formations or really aggressive dancing when you have members who are more focused on expressions than doing perfect dancing now. There's a 2018 TV performance where they did a '14 song next to the OGs and Yaguchi was bragging about how clean their formations were only for the camera to do a bird's eye camera and show how messy it was. OUCH. You could tell it stuck with them too, Ayumi did an interview before she graduated that talked about how there was a split between the older girls wanting sharp formations and the younger ones wanting to express themselves more around 2018. So for Tsunku to now say no let them have fun with expressive choreo instead. It's so real. And they DELIVERED with this new song omg. Fans have been begging for this shift forever and the fact that even he sees it now. He even said that MM should be going back to the fun group that Japan fell in love with. I'm screaming. Hope they never go back, at least while they have a lineup that's like this. This is the direction.

[musikcore]

What do Classicaloid and Rhythm Heaven have in common?

For those who aren't familiar with Rhythm Heaven, Rhythm Heaven is a rhythm game published by Nintendo. There are a few things that Rhythm Heaven and ClassicaLoid have in common from their characters, composers, and singers.

Same composer!

They have the same composer, which is Tsunku. He is the producer and composer of the Rhythm Heaven franchise. In Classicaloid, he composed 3 albums (Bach, Tchaikovsky, Badarzewska), including the following songs:

Yatterannai Kibun

Ai dake ga Subete Janai

Same rapper!

A rapper named U.M.E.D.Y. in "Maryoku no Aria" can be heard in "Dreams of Our Generation" that appeared in Night Walk minigame (Rhythm Heaven Fever credits) as the backdrop rapper.

Same singer!

Same singer, Hotzmic, in "But I Still Love You" can be heard in "I'm a Lady Now". Funfact, Hotzmic is Tsunku's daughter!

Same singer!

Same singer, Ayubee (Ayumi Takada from Canary Club), appeared in "Subete wa Ai Kara" and she also sang in "Struck by the Rain".

Same baroque composer!

In Rhythm Heaven, there is a minigame called Lockstep that shows a specific character when the game zooms out and the player reached the epilogue, which is Johann Sebastian Bach.

[magicmorningmeteora]

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[atlantis54]

IM GOING CRAZY INSANE

(real quick thing i belted out in celebration of the new nintendo direct)

[franticmelody]

Rhythm Heaven is BACK!!!!!!! YES!!

[arbitrarygreay]

One of the biggest things that jumped out to me during Daishigrad is: Damn, the Tsunku era is really over, it's Hoshibe! Project now. Because that new album is DIRE. FUCKING. DIRE. It's bad! Not even merely mediocre, basically all but one of the new tracks are just straight up bad! And meanwhile Hoshibe and Ookubo are just getting started, clearly building on and refining their own strengths with every new piece. There's a joy and confidence to their output that is lacking from those Tsunku album tracks. (Though I will grant that at least the Tsunku singles seem to be at par? I guess the management is a lot more harsh in only picking the good ones to be singles.)

[nakamorijuan]

タンポポ - ラストキッス TANPOPO - LAST KISS Majutsushi Orphen - 1st Ending Theme

[vg-music-i-like]

Sneaky Spirits (w/ SFX) // Rhythm Heaven Fever

[dayooooonds]

[55-degrees-fahrenheit]

[haropro-confessions]

Long confession:

I've seen a lot of Japanese wota (and some English-speaking fans!) hoping for some super talented 12-13-year-old to show up and become the next ace, but I don't think that's happening anytime soon. That was more of a Tsunku thing. Tsunku was a huge fan of the group SPEED, and you can really feel their influence in Morning Musume songs back when he was the main producer: like having two main vocalists while everyone else does backup and speaking parts/monologues. SPEED debuted when they were just 12-14, all from Okinawa Actors School, and their two lead singers were talented at both singing and dancing. Even while Tsunku was busy with his own band who was successful at the time, he wouldn't stop talking about them and promoting them as a fan would. When their debut song was first aired on the radio, he was hyping them up on the radio as future mega stars. In 2021, he said if he could produce a group from scratch again it would be a modern version of SPEED with 11-13 year olds. So it makes sense why he gravitated toward members like 12 year old Asuka, 13 year old Maki, 13 year old Reina, and 12 year old Riho. He loved those insanely talented but still full of potential very young members because their evolution was faster than an older girl debut.

But SPEED disbanded when they were only 15-18, even though they were selling millions of albums because the youngest member who was 15 felt too sheltered and wanted to experience life outside the group. It was a huge shock to the industry and a nightmare for their agency who went nearly bankrupt. Same kind of thing happened in MM: Asuka wanted to quit right after their first Kouhaku performance because it was too much, and Tsunku said it caused him and UFA so much grief that they literally begged her to stay. Maki has admitted she threw tantrums at 16-17 and hated the music Tsunku gave her. Someone even leaked an audio recording from her grad concert where she's snapping at him the whole time. Reina was a long hauler but she suddenly texted Tsunku that she wanted to quit when she was bored of the group and he had to talk her down. And Riho left young because she felt like staying in MM wouldn't help her grow into a decent adult.

UFA now prioritizes stability which is why they're debuting older girls and vetting them carefully instead of just picking the most talented ones and pushing them center right away. Tsunku loved those flashy, charismatic young aces, but historically, they've been the ones who burn out or suddenly want to leave because they start so young and get treated like gods while they're still kids. And when they do leave, it's a massive headache for UFA since they're usually the group's centerpiece. With Tsunku no longer involved, I don’t think we'll be seeing another young Riho or Reina anytime.

[meditite]

Space Soccer – Tsunuku

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