A picture can speak a thousand words…
..pretty awesome image of the media frenzy which ensued at AKB’s very first Janken senbatsu tournament which on September 21st brought vast emotions and heavy tension for all of the girls!!..(find Acchan ↑↑↑~♥!) And in one of those rare instances it wasn’t Acchan~♥ grabbing all of the headlines although she I think is a most unstoppable force in AKB as even with such random odds looming on that night Acchan~♥ still battled her way towards another senbatsu appearance for this upcoming single release placing 15th out of the 16 spots for senbatsu for AKB’s 19th single! As it now stands only Acchan~♥ and Kojiharu have that unblemished senbatsu streak as they’ve appeared as featured members on all 19 AKB single releases~* (including 2 indies/ 17 major) and whether or not we see another such Janken tournament or just any randomly~amazing process to determine the center girl and senbatsu members thought up by AkiP and the masterminds behind AKB48’s success, no doubt this was a most imaginative and fun albeit most stressful event for fans and the girls alike~. And you just knew this was going to be juicy~dramatic with senbatsu regulars going up against UnderGirls with no safety net and nothing more than your instincts, last second wits, or maybe pure luck~* and your most beloved♥ pet rock supporting you mentally (more on that rock~♥~~♥ a bit later =) )!
The full results from the four~block tournament format are just above and they proved to perhaps bring about the opportunities~* in which this tournament was intended to produce as that I’m sure this will be most arguable amongst fans……like did your favorites♥ gain senbatsu status? How awesome for so many of the UnderGirls! Some for the very first time too! How amazing will it be to see so many UnderGirls up front and center?! Will this opportunity for many UnderGirls provide that sought after spark so that they may shine~* perhaps gaining much more fan and media attention from here forward? I think that would be most awesome as with 48~strong this can only make their inner bonds and overall success that much greater as a whole~.
~Look who’s reading…..
I purchased both the preview~guide and the results photo books and both include so many priceless photos capturing every aspect of this unprecedented idol event! Above is the preview~guide book and look who’s reading =)!!……and it’s the preview~guide book which includes pre tournament wins/losses and each girl’s individual tendencies when it comes to their battle options of rock~paper~or scissors plus AKB’s senbatsu history where each girls appearances are noted as to which singles they’ve appeared in this status, a revealing interview with producer AkiP, key~janken~matchups, tournament rules, stickers of all 51 participants, behind the scenes and a nice tribute to recently graduated member Erepyon♥.
~ファイト!~
I don’t think it can be said enough, but don’t you think that Acchan~♥ is one of the most gorgeous girls on the entire planet?!!! And it’s not just her physical features but really everything about her personality, demeanor and professionalism that makes her this gorgeous person~ =).
Yuko~♥~~♥….I’ll spare your ears or would that be eyes since this is just text :P?…but I would gush~* forever ヽ(。´▽`。)ノ。。!!Takamina♥, Mayuyu♥, Sasshi♥, A~min♥, Miichan♥, Akicha♥…..Natsuki~♥。。。。o(*´∀`)o゛!
And now for some pre~fight! battle poses! (just a bit below these first scans, I think I did 84 scans today 疲れちゃった(_´Д`)ノ~~。。)
Somewhat like with boxing but like a million x’s more cute~♥!
So happy~* for Natsuki~♥ who placed 7th \(^o^)/☆!
She embodies all that is adorable~* and please~please producers give Natsuki~♥ lots and lots of attention for the vocal and pv♥ arrangements!!!….or I won’t let you pet my pet♥rock :P!
Hmm….makes me wonder though if members reading maybe a bit too much into their opponent’s janken~tendencies could have proved costly?…..pre~tournament??? The mind games….?..the psyching~out your opponent? Hmm….?
Like if you were to look up Hirajima Natsumi’s battle tendencies Miichan was surely then thinking she’d attack with paper most often with her scouting report of sorts (from the guide~book) indicating an overwhelming 40% of paper being thrown in any instance XD!…..and true to form for the most part Hirajima did attack with paper with a sequence that would lead to the tournaments very best janken battle of them all where Hirajima out~dueled Miichan with….paper, scissors, paper, paper..rock!……makes you wonder that perhaps going by the guide~book that Miichan was anticipating another attack of paper coming her way as she lost with an attack of scissors on the fifth throw (´⌒`。)!!、。。
However though if you look at the tendencies of A~min♥ above in her scouting report she loves her rock♥♥♥ to a tune of 45% of the time so when she met Acchan♥ had Acchan♥ read her scouting report :P….she would have then known that A~min would most likely throw a rock at her 3X in a row lol XD! Yes A~min♥ loves her rock and it was that very rock that led to her win over AKB’s most popular~* girl!
It’s so funny though!…I mean….
…..A~min♥ literally threw rocks~*~~* exclusively at each of her opponents through her first four rounds, yes~! nothing but rocks~♥~~♥~~~♥ :O!!! (see photo sequence above) however Ucchii was so ready for the rock onslaught and would win with paper XD…..and then in a twist of fate A~min♥ would meet the janken~juggernaut that is Akicha~♥ (see scouting report a few photos above) as her noted tendencies are just about even with a 30% chance of rock (A~min ♥’z rock :P), a 35% chance of scissors, a 35% chance of paper and a 33 1/3% chance of rain `、ヽ`ヽ(* ̄o ̄*)ヽ`、ヽ。。。!But somehow A~min restrained herself from her most beloved rock (A~min ♥’z rock!) by throwing scissors…scissors…scissors to defeat Akicha in the thriller from Budoukan~nilla!!! and……….
…wouldn’t you know it.
Akicha’s third and final throw would be paper!
Because you see.
A~min ♥’z rock =D.
That must have been puzzling for Akicha~♥. Like did A~min do a psyche~job on her :O?
And even in A~min’s next battle there was her rock~♥~~♥~~~♥ again (A~min ♥’z rock ;D)
Hmm….so for better or for worse reading into stats can produce the very best and yet the most unexpected and worst surprises (・o・)
I wonder if A~min♥ owns a pet rock? That would be cute!!!! Okay odd, but still cute (*≧▽≦)♪。。。
I’d like a pet♥rock too.
It’s also notable that Natsuki, Wasamin, Mayuyu and Myao also love the rock♥!..with Natsuki showing the most love~♥ @ 60%!
But when it comes down to romancing~the~stone (sorry bad pun XD!) it’s not just how much you love~♥ the rock but how you utilize it in pressure situations =D.
Like throwing rocks~♥ nearly exclusively like A~min♥ without fear.
Now that’s true ~♥~ ^ ^*
Here’s the fan’s choice for the top ten janken bouts of the night, the top 16 senbatsu girls’ roads to victory many of whom are first time senbatsu~*, the play by play, and lots of reactions to the tournament’s festivities all leading up to Ucchii’s very first mizugi gravure photo shoot as she’s crowned the center of AKB’s upcoming 19th single release~*.
An amazing and memorable event and it’s truly like nothing we’ve ever seen before and hopefully also not the last ^ ^♥!!
…sometimes even though the photo is straight my scanner does this ↑↑↑ to them =/…don’t know why. And I’ve even tried restarting the scanning program and trying again and yet it’s just with some images that my scanner refuses to scan them without adding an unwanted angle to them (ノロ≦。)!!、。。if anyone knows what could be causing this strange thing please please let me know =(.
~Ucchii’s first mizugi gravure (*´∀`)~♥~~♥。。。
With the previous one week postponement the track venue and drivers available (now reduced to 16) have changed so even if you’ve entered drivers previously please take note of the change in the available drivers list and 







~It’s not easy being green.
It’s one of those things where you find yourself wondering for a long time with thoughts like am I normal? Is this blog normal? And then in one instant you find out and then say to yourself: “I knew it!” A recent comment has made me rethink just what am I doing here?
In case you’re not familiar with my wackiness :P….I’m originally from Vox which I “grew” up with thinking that a blog would be like a social network of sorts where you can meet and make friends~♥ with similar interests and just share experiences and talk about just about anything. Now with Vox gone and my move to WordPress I’ve just learned something which I was totally oblivious to for like forever (._.;)! The way in which WP’s comments are set up is very much different from what I’m used to and for a very good reason I’ve just learned…..I’m so used to replying to each and every comment posted in a sense that I’m speaking in personal conversations which each person and by me clicking on the reply button that’s how my thinking’s been going back to early 2007 when my blogging first began. And while I was confused at how WP’s replies were meant to be utilized…(me still thinking that I should be replying one on one) they’re actually meant to be much more like a “forum” I think if that’s the right word to use to describe it? So I shouldn’t be responding to everyone like I’m used to and I can now see how this must look appear so odd for anyone visiting……as posts should be for open thoughts shared with much less of me, and only if addressed directly should I respond then. Or maybe if there’s something that I would like to say in discussion. And WP is set up this way so I know I need to change and I will……I’m normally a “oshaberi” (“chatter~head! XD) but I would so much want this blog to be normal and not so weird as I’m just realizing it is for this reason :P.
So from today~* I’m going to try to and make it a point to utilize this blog in its intended form…..not for me to chat away at everything said but rather I should leave things to an open discussion although I have to admit that since I’ve moved it’s been very quiet as I think most readers choose to remain anonymous from conversation but now in hindsight of now seeing how WP should be utilized and how blogs should work (something told me I was clueless this entire time about writing a blog…lol “I knew it!”) maybe most visitors here have been hesitant to leave any comments because it would mean having to listen to me blabber on in comments even when no comment was necessary and no response from me warranted (._.;). I don’t know if any of this will change in the future but I’ll at least know that I’m trying my best from here forward =).
Something that I do wish~* for is more feedback and really feedback about anything here just so that I can make your visits here much more happy and enjoyable. Some posts receive a lot of visits but nothing may be said like if I could do something differently to improve things or basically what you’d like to see more of?….less of? How bad my scanning is (._.;)! More gravure? less? those are just thoughts XD. And I’ve been noticing through Sitemeter that many visitors are also translating my text into your native language like for instance……here’s a really cool program~site? I think?..which translates everything said into Japanese really cool! Mmm…but don’t be shy as maybe you have some thoughts to share~* too^ ^。And I also notice that some of you are from Hawaii~♥ too….it’s so warm and humid today isn’t it (;´□`)。。。!
Even now I totally admit that I’ve no idea of how to write a blog and I know I’m the worst at it as it’s just sort of stuff that I put on here with no real format and yes~ I do write strange things sometimes but my personality demands it I’m afraid sorry (*´艸`)。So that part of me being green to blogs may go on and on I’m afraid but at least now I’ll know when to shut up, and not reply to everything ever posted and allow this blog to become much more normal and it’s something that I also realize is true at other blogs as in the past I used to wonder why many comments weren’t being replied to in posts and yet the comments would keep going and going without replies from the blog’s host much of the time…..a~h it truly is not easy being green.
♥MB aka “greeny”
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