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How WUG was destroyed: The story of Ordet's bankruptcy

This post is a rough translation/summary/rewording of a series of blog posts from Yamamoto Yutaka (hereafter "Yamakan"), the former director of the "Wake Up, Girls!" series, detailing the production issues that the franchised faced from his perspective as a result of his recent bankruptcy announcement. Parts of it

Wake Up, Girls!

"Final Tour, Concluded @ Mayu"

This post is a translated excerpt of a blog post written by voice actress Yoshioka Mayu of the unit Wake Up, Girls!. You can find the full original blog post in Japanese here.Just how much longer can we be together... I want to savour this moment forever... Just thinking

Reports

Tokyo 7th Sisters 4th Live Report

777 days. That's actually how long it's been since I published my last report about Tokyo 7th Sisters. It's an amazing coincidence. Does this make me a 777☆SISTER too?It has been a busy year for Tokyo 7th Sisters. 4U had their first solo concerts, 2 new units debuted,

Guide

Guide: Getting Verified on e+ et al.

SMS verification became a mandatory step on all major ticketing playguides in Japan around the end of 2017. While the initiative was introduced with good intentions (to curb ticket scalping), it also effectively prevented people living outside of Japan from applying for tickets. This guide aims to outline a process

Ramblings

The Boy Who Cried "Tiger"

There once was a boy who was bored as he sat in a cinema watching the Aqours 2nd LoveLive! Delayed Viewing. To amuse himself, he took a great breath and sang out, "IETTAIGA!!!!!" In case you didn't catch it, that was an excerpt from Aesop's The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Ramblings

Of Tigers and Men

This is the story of two displaced migrant workers, who moved from place to place, and their adventures with a domesticated tiger. Or so I wish. This post is actually an exploration on the modern day phenomenon known as iettaiga, and share some thoughts and insights regarding it. Eye of

Tokyo 7th Sisters

Tokyo 7th Sisters 2nd Live Foreign Flowerstand Postmortem

As some of you may know, I (fc), along with Southrop and a few other foreign shihainin/managers, organized a flowerstand to represent us foreigners at this year's T7S 2nd Live. This was my first time doing such a thing, and I ended up not being the most transparent or

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Tokyo 7th Sisters 2nd Live Report

Tokyo 7th シスターズ 2nd Live 16'→30'→34' -INTO THE 2ND GEAR- took place on August 21st at Pacifico Yokohama. fc and myself were in attendance this time as well, and we were joined by quite a few other foreign shihainins this year. If you're unfamiliar with Tokyo 7th Sisters,

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Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Live Report

Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Anniversary Live 15'→34'~H-A-J-I-M-A-L-I-V-E-!!~ took place on the 31st of May at Zepp TOKYO. By now, you've had plenty of time to read the Introduction, so if you haven't done that, please do give that a read. If you've stumbled upon this post but you've

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Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Live Background

Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Anniversary Live 15'→34'~H-A-J-I-M-A-L-I-V-E-!!~ took place on the 31st of May at Zepp TOKYO. Hopefully you had the chance to read our introduction to Tokyo 7th Sisters. If not, you can find it here. I do recommend you give it a quick glance to familiarise

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Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Live Introduction

Tokyo 7th Sisters 1st Anniversary Live 15'→34'~H-A-J-I-M-A-L-I-V-E-!!~ took place on the 31st of May at Zepp TOKYO, and fallingcirno and myself were in attendance. This live marked a significant milestone for Tokyo 7th Sisters, which started from a single iOS smartphone game, and has since blossomed into a