^omg yeah i would love to have her body :thud it looks especially good in Hashire!!!

OMG I love Kuu in that gif

I love the Hashire PV, I love the setting, it's so nice! I haven't watched Ecstasy yet, because it's downloading, gahh hurry up computer :headache

let's hope 3 splash does really well on the oricon! this is kumi's best effort in a while :yes

Dang, been gone half a day a Kumi already has a new thread, the single was leaked and the PVs are out. :thud

I am in love with ECSTASY. The song is amazing and so is the PV.

@ Gubsi: :roflmao

i'm so in love with Hashire! PV!!!

Gah, no matter how many times I tried to listen/watch Lick me! I just can't. I usually stop it after the first thirty seconds. Her vocals are so ear-shriekingly grating that it overpowers the PV.

^have you seen the live?

I thought they were much better.

Hashire is the Romanji for 走れ & yes it means Run in Japanese :yes

295,674 hits
http://koda2.com/

new layout, tomorrow :luv2

^Do you have any caps of how the previous layouts looked? I forgot all about the site and it changing once it gets a certain amount of hits.

Anyway I think she looks / inspired by Lady Gaga in Ecstasy, especially the white wig scene, looks like Lady Gaga in Paparazzi ^^

Anyway all 3 PVs are really nice to watch and seriously beat MOON (the 2PVs) to death ^^

I don't think so Jun Xiang

I honestly find nothing wrong with it & it helps that I don't have any prejustices against people who're gay

ditto Rendy

at least all 3 PVs were very entertaining to watch & there's something different for each PV/song

not to mention how much $ avex has plonked into them as compared to MOON

:laugh Thank God! There's no infraction points system here in AHS so I suppose people just get banned if they broke any rules or whatever~

And oh 3 SPLASH in 320 is well... ECSTASY! I really love ECSTASY's arrangement...

Oh by the way... the care bear that Kuu has in Hashire! is Funshine bear... who's basically the most jovial one. I think that corresponds well with the whole mood of summer! It seems like Kuu loves her care bears! :yes And my sister has a Funshine bear plushie! :lech

http://i-love-cartoons.com/snags/cli...e-Umbrella.jpg

lol when I was a kid , I grew up watching care bears , smurfs on TV , those were the days haha

was so nice to see the carebears pouch & etc in Hashire :yes

btw you guys , do you count 3 SPLASH as her 43rd or 44th single ? :shrug

YesAsia put 44th while on wikipedia , it's 43rd

:dead2

Was there a digital single along the way (Get It On?) that caused this confusion? Oh... she almost has the same number of singles as Ayu now... she has 46 singles including Together When... and assuming 3 SPLASH is #44, we can be sure by 2009, Kuu will have 45 singles with Alive coming!

^^Her official site list it as her 44th as well

there IS an infraction system here lol

Supposedly, if you get three infractions, you're to be banned.

I used to love love care bears as a kid.

I had the movies and everything.

are only two so far ^^

ahh ok thanks for clearing it up :D , I was lost/confused a while back ago

Okay thanks.

Hey have any pics of the pouch come out yet? Or a cover of the next single? Im a bit behind (vacation) and it seems that 2 days away from AHS and there's a new thread with 8 pgs already @_@

^yeah, here :)
It's not really a pouch...it's like...a bag thats made out of that plastic.

check the first post! there's a NEWS!! MORE!!! uPDATES!!! or w/e section that has highlights that are normally lost in the thread :)

@_@ wow I actually can say I dont have a problem with it. Its way better than I thought. So the case is not the fat one huh? Thats great. Wish they printed the title on the single instead so the words didnt run all over her face. Very cool still.

i love your new kumi kuu set, juicy :luv2

thank you tsubasa, its kind of ghetto 'cause i threw it together in photoshop is like 2 minutes :dead2 but kuu is too cute!

I always thought the pouch will be like a mobile phone pouch, which I sorta want, but not that badly... but now it's an accessory pouch... omg I want this so badly... it's pink!

yeah i want it too now.. i think it's pretty cute, i don't really have a use for it though. :(

but it's PURPLE! not pink! :roflmao

^ lol my eyes got blinded cos Kuu is too cutie! But i love purple too so I still want the pouch! :laugh

i like the pouch . its pretty cute :)

^ :roflmao (my stomach hurts!)

does anyone have HQ scan from FLIH II phamplet, esp. the Shining Butterfly one??

New pic added in background, but nothing we haven't seen before... :(

http://koda2.com/

the pouch is ugly is hat even a pouch?

:laugh where is the chicken with a tan

LOL :laugh

frankly I'm glad that I'm not missing out on anything in this aspect

3 SPLASH Poster from Yahoo Japan Auctions :

http://img283.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/u...1p59s96096.jpg

the poster for 3 SPLASH's cool :yes

nah that's not my 3 SPLASH poster

just something I found when I was browsing though Yahoo Japan Auctions earlier on . A lot of people are listing their CD + DVD with the pouch on sale o_O

you see - http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...ode=2&auccat=0

it's o_O selling 3 SPLASH at 1 Yen omg @_@ , I think that's an insult

I hate the KODA KUMI 3 SPLASH on the picture with a passion... it's really just ugly and should get scrapped off from the face of the earth. Ugh.

How come? It's not even on sale yet o.o

EDIT: According to some of the titles, the pouch ones are only limited to 40k? :o

nice!!! it's pretty~~~

it's not. if you notice, some sellers who list the price low DOES NOT state the shipping price, meaning there's a risk that they will jack up high on the shipping cost.

LOVE @ 3 SPLASH promo poster :luv2

this...?

and this is the current background in the koda2 web thanks to ~RicH~ :

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5...age185g.th.jpg

Hi all!

Im in Tokyo right now and its great!!

They were playing Kumi 3 SPLASH commercial at Shibuya square! It was so awesome I filmed it. everything allllll right dont be afraid !!

And they were playing it on the radio at Tower Records and Book Off! I hope I can buy it on release day and get pouch! I would ask if anyone knows if buying it in real life gets you bonus items, but I dont have internet in my room so I wont be able to read the reply haha.

I also bought Secret live DVD for 1550 yen at Book Off!

I really wish Fever Live In Hall 2 to be this month! I want to see Kumi live soooo bad

Wow that picture is so gorgeous! *takes it*

Btw Kumi isnt going to GIrl Pop Factory 09 I think
she isnt in the list

hey guys i got my single today :yes

the booklet isn't what i expected (at least for the CD + DVD).. the picture on the first page is the strawberry girl outfit from lick me (bc the lyrics are on the same page), then the biker outfit for ecstasy, and the basketball outfit for hashire.

i haven't listened to the remixes yet so idk what they sound like but i don't really care about them lol..

^ photos pleaseeee *-*

i could only get crappy cellphone pictures, sorry :no

OH GOD!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2
i hope the scans come out :weep

It's not really an insult. That's how auctions work. You start off at the lowest price, then the users bid then the price rises.

Now that I think about it if 3 SPLASH is Kuu's 44th single according to her official site then what is her 43rd? Is it It's all love because I thought that was considered a special single? Or is WON'T BE LONG actually part of her single and not a special collaboration single? I hope that all made sense.

they're okay :shrug i don't really like remixes. i uploaded them if you want them :yes

someone posted an article in one of the older threads which confirmed her appearance.. unless something has changed since then? :shrug we'll wait and see i guess!

thanks bnl for the pictures, i can't wait to get my single. i can scan it :love

agreed! it's quite nice ~

wow thanks! :D

wow these are amazing! thanks for sharing

Preview of August issue of SCawaii:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0209072333.jpghttp://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0209072135.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0209072831.jpghttp://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0209072533.jpg

:luv2

wow, that is the best scawaii shoot i've seen for ANY artist. they usually make artists look ugly.

omg she is so fabulous! i love the yellow dress pictures

OH GOD! THAT'S CUTEEEE! :luv2

Just preordered the first press CD+DVD edition, playasia still has them! Cdjapan relisted it and it still says available but then out of stock when you try to order it. Dissapointed they didn't include the remixes like on the normal CD+DVD edition though.

Kuu @ Music Fair:




Kuu @ Music Fighter:

Thanks soo much Luver!

She looks amazing in all of it... :thud

Yes! TODAY IS A GREAT DAY!

I was waiting for the SCawaii Scans for sooooo long~ thanks luv <3

AND also...

I just got a present in the mail from my friend down in LA...

HE BOUGHT ME THE 2009 CALENDAR! Ahhh it's soooo gorgeous omg.

I'm gonna take it to Kinko's and get like, giant scans lol

/sigh kuu awesomeness overload again today.

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Just to let everyone know, I updated the download thread with the Apple Lossless rip for the single, and the remixes in 320 kbps, that was posted by Cloud Honey at KMC.

WON'T BE LONG and It's all Love! is apart of her discography. It's all Love! is her 43rd single. According to her official site both songs are apart of her discography but according to Oricon, if a single is released under both performers name then it's a special single.

Does that answer your question?

wowow kuu looks so cute! i can't wait til someone uploads these :)

especialy music fair!

very pretty :luv2

I can't wait for scans of these

yes it does , for me that's Mishelle thanks :friends

.....i downloaded from emiko's thread yesterday, and the ECSTASY PV was broken (i didn't try hashire because i just really wanted to see ECSTASY's PV :P)

so...can someone please PM me both PVs? :) i still didn't see them :(

Glad to help Karen.

I just listen to the remixes. They're alright. I prefer the remix Lick me over the original, I still don't like the song though.

ATM, I'm not really liking the remix for ECSTASY. And the remix Hashire! is a big :no.

I was disappointed with the remixes. D: I prefer the original mixes to both ECSTASY and Hashire. But other than that, I'll buy the version without the remixes. :P

I'll admit it... Kuu-chan is HOT! :luv2

If someone asks me who I would go straight for, I will say Kuu <3333 damn gurl is sexy

I know, I don't really know what's wrong with it, but atm, that's the only version I think we have.

What are you playing it with?

If you have it with VLC, just click repair, and it wont really repair it, but it'll play it all.

I'm pretty sure that's whats causing the sound to be a little off...but it's not a lot. Just try it again, or with a different program.

i use VLC and i did click repair, but nothing happened. i did it twice and it still didn't play :( so i just deleted it :P it's not your fault, though! :yes maybe KMC has the PVs? but it's not your fault, emiko, so i'm not mad! :D

^ I have them both uploaded in my PV thread. You should be able to play them in VLC>

okay, i'll try that then! thanks! :)

Ah she looks gorgeous in SCawaii... and cutie in the TV shows! :heart

Found another pic of the pouch, and it looks different... :confused

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...46932117gv.jpg

The other pouch:



Are they all different?... :eyebrow

Edit: It's the same pouch...

wow!! thanks Luver!!
she looks really great on the mag!!

and wow!! Ayu & Kuu are really damn rich!!
30.906 billion yen.. how much is it in $$$???

19 billion yen is like.. what. 200 million dollars? kuu is so rich :thud

oh, cool. i like the purple one better though!

maybe they come in differnet colors like on the 3 splash covers? blue, purple, pink?

i love the pouch, definitely :luv2 looks so beautiful omg~

thanks luver ♥

Ayu and Kuu are so up there! :heart and oo o the pouch looks different in full... squarish. Great for cosmetics and all that.

man I want the pouch for make up...

I wonder how many designs are there?

Oh yuck...the pouch looked way better in the other pic.....in this pic it looks like a sandwich baggie with holes across the top...and the color is questionable

A guest translator at Gaijin Kampai translated an interview with Kuu about 3 SPLASH. It gives a lot of insight to the songs and the PVs. I think you guys should check it out.

And kuu is so awesome, I love how she explains stuff.

Translation of Interview from "WHAT’s IN?" July 2009

"K: I was reborn in that PV. I feel like the impression you get of the song from hearing it and from seeing the images are different."

She seems to really like Hashire!~ But...who doesnt lol

My lover’s heart is like a basketball hoop, and I really want to make a dunk shot!


:heart that is so cute, kuu chan

Kuu-chan is adorable! <333 Looks like she REALLY likes Hashire! =D

LO friggen L. My internet goes down for ONE day and not only is there a new Kumi thread, there's 10 pages!!! xD;! I heard the single is out, gotta go listen!

thanks emi!!
i love how she expressed herself!!

:shughug Kuu-chan!!