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I was *devstated* when Tsunku ripped apart and remade Tanpopo ;-; --- I miss the first *true* Tanpopo!!!!

Koi wo Shichaimashita is *fab* So is Last Kiss.

I think 2005 has been an okay year so far. I like watching Rika dance during Manpower. She just looks really good to me.

2nd generation Tanpopo was good but I kind of agree with my friend now that Kago was out of place in that group. Not that she was bad but she just looked odd in there.

I always thought Tampopo was a supposed to be a mature group so to see Kago there was odd. I am also not too fond of her wich may have something to do with it as well. But yeah, I am a Kaori fan and so is Alto. I don't know who else is.

It seems 2005 was dedicated to Cosplay (and cheap videos). First, Greek outfits, then fairies and finally, Flamenco dancers.


My favorite Tanpopo' song is "Motto" so far. Kaori looks very at ease (for once), the song was great, the single cover too...
In 2000/2001, Tanpopo was a great way for Tsunku to give even more spotlight to Rika and Aibon who were already popular members, Aibon above all.
I liked it though, it was catchy & dynamic. The problem is that small units like Tanpopo can't survive to many graduations, noy like Momusu, in my opinion.

I agree with the bad costumes but then again they have always been there like Utatte_chan said. I thought that the whole Greek thing was okay but the fairy thing for Osaka Koi no Uta nearly killed me. Those where the worst costumes handsdown. However, I am not refering to the costumes or the videos which yes, they are low budget. I am refering to the songs that have been released so far. "The MANPOWER" was good. Not great but the song wa good even though I could have filmed a way better video in the quad of RCC. "Osaka Koi no Uta" in my opinion was one of the best songs that they have released in a while. The video was still cheap but it was an improvement from the previous video and yes the outfits where ugly as all hell. As for the current single, I think that the song does what it was meant to which is to get you hooked on it. It worked with me and from what I hear, a whole lot of other people. This video again improved. Some of the dance moves made you say "What the ******** was that?" but I think that the song was well made and that all the girls, even the ones I don't like, looked really well in there. The costumes where not that exagerated since they went with the whole Spain theme. Agian as was mentioned before, H!P as a whole has always been doing cosplay. If that is what you choose to call it. If you think about it maybe except the really old stuff. And I do mean early. But since maybe 2000 until now have they not gone thru tons of costumes. Back then you had MM dressed as sailors and now you have them dressed as flamenco dacers. I guess you can also use the Mr Moonlight thing with some of the girls dressed as guys and look at the Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago which also had some of the members dressed as guys although I must say that they looked nowhere near as good as the Mr. Moonlight "guys". Then you had the Akagumi 4 shuffle dressed in red clothing to go with their theme and now you have Puri Puri Pink dressed like they are going to prom.

I liked Osaka but I think everyone knows that so lets move on. Right now I will recap all the cosplay like moments in MM history starting from when things got strange which was the already mentioned, Happy Summer Wedding.
1) Happy Summer Wedding- They were dressed in traditional Indian clothes which looked..... cute. I have to see this PV again soon.
2) I WISH-Although this song is not one of my favorites, the PV is. This had lots of costumes too. I mean, come on! Mari is a prostitute in this!
3)RR21- I don't know what was going on here but I do like their black spacegirl outfits. However, when they are wearing the furry stuff, WTF? I mean, did anyone see Kei's hat?
4)The Peace- Cute girls dressed like cute sailors. I love those outfits but what the hell happaned duting the second part? I hate those gold showgirl outfits. They should have just stayed as sailors.
5)Mr. Moonlight- My favorite PV of all time. It has girls crossdressing as guys. I thought that was both cute and cool. I must say that they made very good looking guys too. I also have to mention Kaori. I just love the way she poses with that tiny dress towards the beginning. Towards the end of the video they are all dressed like.... I don't know how to describe this costume but let's just say, something that a female dictator would wear.
6)Souda! We're ALIVE- They look normal here so let's skip.
7)Do it! Now- They look normal in the begining and then I was speechless. They end up wearing these ugly red and white dresses that look like they would have been spokes people for a fruit company. I like the black dresses but the other ones.
cool Koko ni iruzee- I like how some of the girls pulled of the plaid outfits. I must say that I thought Rika got the best one. I do like their little explorer outfits. They all looked very cute. My favorite from this part of the video? Hitomi.
9)Hyokkori Hyoutan Jima- Pirates. Very cool pirates at that. I like Makoto's damsel in distress in this. And although it was horribly overused, I like the whole Titanic thing that Hitomi and Makoto do at the end. I thought it looked cool with them doing it and turst me, by now, I hate that thing! Best looking in the video? Risa and Hitomi.

I'll leave the rest for tomorrow since I am already tired. So let's make this the "History of costumes in Morning Musume History~PART ONE~"