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YAPPI BERF-DAY REINA~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're 20 years old now although you don't want to believe it XD I hate getting older too but life sucks doesn't it? At least your life is much better than most people's so enjoy it!! :P

Re:(Return) is Reina's 6th PB and it's a compilation PB. If you don't have the resources or book shelf space to get individual PBs, this one is a keeper. 田中れいな写真集全集『Re:（リターン）』Even the name looks good XD

Keeping with tradition (being late in posting a birthday entry :P) and picking my top 10 pics, here is Return. Because I couldn't just choose 10 (there were too many nice ones), I decided to go with 15 ^^

The Cover



Ooooh, look at that tatoo. Sexy :P

15th

Her expression here isn't the best but the outfit is cute and so was the watermelon. It's rad (a joke in my country XD) with little black specks. Looks kinda cute to me :D

14th



I'm guessing this shot was taken through a glass window? Art-y *nods head*

13th



Reina's looks like a typical sunshine girl here. None of that yankii or I'm-gonna-bite-your-head off vibe

12th



Awwww, young Reina snoozing. Was there any hint that she would grow up to be the woman she is today?

11th



Yankii to the max! Right down to the slippers XD

10th



These 2 pages were joined badly but you get the "picture" somewhat, right? It's the expression that I like. Not so much the bikini. Reina was never one of those members who looked the best in one. *ducks from rotten eggs*

9th



This shot gives me a Miami (?) feel. The uniform is a bonus. Only Tanakacchi can pull off oversized sweaters.

8th



Mikans~!!! *covers mouth before I start singing lines from the single* Playful Reina ^^ I like the top right hand pic most.

7th



This Reina seems a more "dark" but not totally gloomy. GAH! I don't know how to explain it well -_-;

6th



The water droplets on the glass reminds me of rain. She looks...well, I don't know, expectant? Like she's waiting for something.

5th



KAWAII~~~~~~~!! Who knew the neko would fit a rabbit suit so well? Sayumin has some competition XD

4th



Lolli alert! Not the Risa fan silly :P Here it comes again. A 100 point expression.

3rd



I can't decide if I want the pillow more or the person hugging it. Reina's channeling a I'm-sad-and-I-need-a-hug-from-someone look. I VOLUNTEER!

2nd

I said I like mufflers didn't I? Top it off with cute knit cap and it's a winner :)

1st

As above. Add the warm glows of yellowish brown with 07's semi-side profile and you have a winner on top of a winner! (I don't make any sense, but I rarely do) XDDDD

Have a wonderful 20th Reina, and stop getting mad at Risa already :P My lovable Mame-head can be too assertive but that's why I like her *winks*

Ai and Food

You know how some people just aren't cut out to be a food show host? It's either they don't mention the food much, they don't eat heartily (would anyone think the food someone is nibbling small mouthfuls of tastes good?) or they don't have the guts to try weird stuff.

To me, Ai is in the category of 'can't be a food show host' not so much because doesn't go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm enough when she eats. It's gonna sound crazy but the reason for me thinking this way is, Ai is too much of a distraction.

Watch the following clips and tell me you can concentrate on your food aka not sticking something up your nose if Ai-chan was sitting opposite you having a meal. Isn't the manner by which she eats the most ______? I don't what word is good enough to describe it. I just know she looks incredibly mesmerizing and cute when eating.

See for yourself and tell me I'm right :D

From 0:45 min onwards. Even the host (?) agrees she is kawaii when eating.



From 8:20 min on.



From 3:26 min on.

MM Kimagure Princess on MF

I'm a big fan of MM appearances on this programme as it's almost always extremely entertaining. This time when the girls went on to promote KP, it wasn't as funny. Perhaps the people in charge didn't want to make it too crazy as it was Koharu's last? I was hoping they would do something special for the miracle similar to how Rika had an awesome send off. It would have been a great memory. Pity there wasn't such a segment :(

I have no clue what the drawings were implying except that they all had something to do with Koharu so I'll just skip that part. The thing that struck me the most besides the hilarious bit when Aoki-san imitated Koharu's high-pitched voice, Koharu arguing that Ai was the typhoon girl and Koharu's little LM perf, was Risa talking.

What do I mean by that? Well, it just seems that Gaki-san is doing a lot of the talking these days. As a Risa fan I can't say I'm not happy about it but I'm just worried. I mean, in a group of 9 girls, conflicts are bound to occur and I'm pretty sure there will be members not happy with her stealing the spotlight so often especially when she isn't 1) the leader 2) a popular member e.g Reina/Eri 3) the rising variety show star e.g Sayumi

What Reina said recently on a radio promo for KP started me thinking about this. Apparently Reina thought that Ai must dislike Risa "grabbing" the rounding up talk parts during the MCs in concerts and most probably resented Sub-chan at least a little for it.

Ai's response was that she did have feelings of, "why did Risa speak about this part?" (I can't translate this properly into English but it kinda means why was Risa the one saying this part and not Ai herself.)

Reina then continued that she sometimes felt like telling Risa to let Ai speak (since she is the leader) instead of her doing it.

In the end, Ai said that she tends to forget the lines at important times or bite her tongue by accident. Hence it can't be helped that Risa does the rounding up talks. I don't know if Ai was trying to be nice or she just didn't want to further aggravate the feelings of resentment that Reina so obviously has towards Risa by explaining.

What has this whole chunk of words have to do with anything? I guess I'm afraid that Ai and Gaki-san were to fall out over something as trival as who does the talking. I really don't want to see that happening. If someone has to step down in order for relations to become good again, then I'd rather Risa be the one to do it. Because no one can fault a leader who stumbles over her words but everyone will dislike a sub-leader who seems as though she is taking on more responsibility that she should when it isn't needed.





To make this post less gloomy, lemme gush about Kame. She was ADORABLE in the perf!!! She was overflowing with so much cuteness. Her singing was great and her dancing, INCREDIBLE. I would have liked her to have gotten some talk time since KP is technically her song. The stupid editing people probably cut her parts out. Poor Eri, and poor Eriens <--- Kame fans :D

Kame & Hair

There was a recent uproar in Eri's thread over at H!O about her neck XD Yes, you read right. Neck. The comments were mostly about wanting to become vampires so they could bite her neck :D I was a little puzzled by this. Who said you had to be a vampire before you could bite someone's neck? :P

Back to the topic of Eri. I wonder if Ai felt anything when she saw the very cute turtle flick her hair while sitting at such close range. I'm sure the leader licked her lips XD Pity there wasn't a second camera persent which could have captured Ai-chan at the same moment so us fans could see her reaction. Hey wait a sec...*notices camcorders in the screen* THERE WERE 2 CAMERAS!! Stupid editing people. They probably didn't include Ai with her mouth hanging open and gawking at the yummilicious Kame :P

Don't blink, that mesmerizing instant is at 2:57 min.




And she does it again! My heart went doki doki for Kame at 3.06min.



Lucky Lin Lin, being able to share the same air space as Eri, lol. I wonder if this is a new strategy of hers. Making everyone fall for her with just one simple action :D

Studio Voice Online [INTERFACE #26]

You don't often get to see the girls so relaxed and fooling around like this except on their DVD Magazines. I wonder what caused their hyper moods.☺

I'm guessing they were asked for a Kanji word that came to mind when they thought of a particular member.

Ai ---> Koharu (Miracle) I wasn't surprised at her choice as this wasn't the first time Ai used this word to describe the 7th Gen-ner

Risa ---> Sayumi (毒= Poison) XDDD Oh Gaki-san, you don't ever let the bunny forget this do you?

Eri ---> Reina (Tsutokotokoroden) I'm not sure what this is. OnDiet said there was no meaning to the word. It's just another of those "Eri" moments :D

Sayumi ---> Lin Lin (Nikuman) Hmmm, could this mean the Chinese girl is a fan of meat?

Reina ---> Jun Jun (Xiao Long Bao)

Koharu ---> Aika (Takoyaki) Aww, this is so cute. Imagine Mittsui as a lil Takoyaki ball :D

Aika ---> Ai (優 = Superior) I guess Ai really is superior in some ways.

Jun Jun ---> Risa (難 = Difficulty/complex) LOL! I loved Ai's (at least I think it was her) "NANDE?!?!" when she heard what JJ said. And Gaki-san's "blur" expression (or was it one of disbelief) was pure gold *thumbs up*

Lin Lin ---> Eri (Turtle) Another obvious choice for a word

Celebrities the girls are influenced by? Again, it's mostly guesswork. My Japanese is almost non-existent.

Jun Jun ➢ Vivian Hsu (Taiwanese singer who was based in Japan for some time)

Reina ➢ Morning Musume. WOOT! Great choice there Reina, you have good taste ^^

Ai ➢ Tsunku. Ummmmm, no comments?

Aika ➢ ? I couldn't catch what she said :(

Sayumi ➢ Sanma. This girl never lets slip a chance to promote her radio show

Eri ➢ Hilarious!! If I didn't recall wrongly, OD said the turtle didn't answer the question. She talked about how only her mom knew about her auditioning for MM XD

Lin Lin ➢ BoA. OMG! Another insanely funny moment. Not Oba, it's BoA XDDD

Risa ➢ ? Again I didn't understand this part :(

Koharu ➢ Her sister. Seems like Koharu and her sis are really close :)

PS: Possibly the highlight of the show was how "guy" TakaGaki were sitting. Compare their open legs to Eri's lady-like manner and you can tell how vastly different they are. Normally it's Sayu who forgets herself and opens her legs wide. I'm quite shocked that it was the leader and sub-chan duo this time and no one reminded them about it. Nevertheless, Gaki-san is incredibly hot as a guy ♥