having been to japan many a timeive seen them go from creepy otaku preference (AKB is short for AKIBA, as in Akibahara) to bestselling pop group. Their adverts were everywhere last time i went in feb.
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:41,
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So it looks like they're really making a name for themselves, not just among the otaku/hikikomori crowd...I'm slowly starting to understand more of these Japanese groups; my housemates are obsessed with Tego Mass, I think they're called.
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:43,
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not heard of thosei dont mind some mihimaru GT and ayumi hamasaki.
I blame Taiko no tatsujin.
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:47,
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I think I might have heard my housemates mentioning them.I don't know whether it's a trend or it's just confined to one or two groups, but from what I see, a lot of male pop stars like to dress as women? And pull it off too well? Like Yuya Tegoshi.
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Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:51,
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egh - one of my mates (female obviously) is well into her effeminate japanese / korean male pop starsbuncha poofs!
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Sun 25 Sep 2011, 14:59,
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It's a whole different side of music I'll NEVER understand.They seem to come off as a bisexual's wet dream; they're neither here nor there.
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Sun 25 Sep 2011, 15:03,
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