{"id":493,"date":"2013-06-02T00:28:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T06:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intlwota.com\/happydisco\/?p=493"},"modified":"2013-06-02T00:28:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T06:28:55","slug":"tokyo-idol-festival-2013-the-acts-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mescallado.com\/happydisco\/index.php\/2013\/06\/02\/tokyo-idol-festival-2013-the-acts-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Idol Festival 2013: The Acts Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Otome Shinto<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With a lot of the groups I haven’t heard of, I have to do a bit of digging to get any information. However, with a search I found that Chiima of Okay! Musume Time did a pretty extensive survey of the group already, especially taking a look at the profile of each girl. So if this group interests you at all, you should look here for more about them HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Basically, they’re a group of four middle school students with junior high being a big part of their identity. Since, in an intro video, Yurika (the girl in pink) says she’s in her third year of junior high, I wonder if this is going to be middle school themed in the same vein as Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku (the girls are said to be eternal middle school students) or if it’s going to be more like Sakura Gakuin and Usa Usa Shoujo Club (forced graduations).<\/p>\n

Regardless, their main concept is that they’re “positive second-string middle school students” (bad translation) basically saying they’re second-tier idols. From what I gather, what they aim is to be more average girls. Which is the goal of many idol groups, but admitting that they’re kind of a lower tier takes some guts.<\/p>\n

They were formed last December, so they’re very new; they’ve only released one single so far, “Mousou Koukan Nikki,” though they’re releasing another in early August (conveniently soon after TIF, I might add). “Mousou Koukan Nikki” has lyrics written by the one and only Maeyamada Kenichi (Hyadain), though not the song. itself. Which kind of shows. While I like the verse of the song, the chorus sounds muddled. The melody isn’t memorable at all, and the instrumental is too busy sounding.<\/p>\n

That said, the girls themselves are cute (Aoi Wakana, the girl in blue, especially) and I could see this group getting some notice (especially since Mousou Koukan Nikki is a theme song for the anime GJ-bu). Their first PV’s well made, too. They also have one live bit up, and I like that song (Tokimeki Paradox) better. So there’s definitely potential here, but personally I’m going to wait and see.<\/p>\n