today ? o_O

you mean next Fri at MUSIC STATION , Yoake

since tomorrow there will not be any broadcast of MUSIC STATION because of the Japan Cup (I think)

next Friday?? :(

Bad mind. I've remember that MS'll be 23rd and not 31th! :thud

oh no. I'll not be at home next Friday. I'll have to wait one week before to watch it :weep

usually MUSIC STATION airs every Fri & not Thurs

aw hopefully you're able to watch it when you return back home T_T

That. was fast O_o

And hahaha @ those Kuroki mag scans!!! Though she looks amazing on that SHOCKxCola AD :yes

Where's the single??? X_X

EDIT: Hehe, found it!

ouch...#19 :(

:roflmao

lmao bless you Alicia & yeah those an.an mag scans are hot :luv2

I was thinking of using that shot of her laying down as my banner but I think I might get into trouble xD

every fri? I never noticed that >.<

When I'll go back at home, I'll jump on my laptop and download it.

And at that moment it'll be the misfortune, it'll be a big storm and I'll not be able to download it T_T XD

Yesterday i got my copy from SHOCK -unmei- (CD+DVD).
I was really disappointed when i saw the cover. You see all the stings, which holding the dress, the necklage, etc.

Oo it's not good.
It's weird that they didn't erase strings

ick that doesn't sound good o_O

can you take a pic of your single up close so that I can see it ?

someone forgot to use photoshop on that :innocent

===

SHOCK -Unmei-

x->16->19->23

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/more/3/

Sure, i´ll scan it. One moment, please. :)

I thought exactly the same!

front & back covers of LOVE MEISA

front :

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/q...4/DSC07377.jpg

back :

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/q...4/DSC07378.jpg

the back cover's HOT

Man, i want this photobook!

Allright, here we go:

http://img5.imagebanana.com/img/h1e9...umb/kuroki.jpghttp://img5.imagebanana.com/img/6ybl.../kuroki_cd.jpghttp://img5.imagebanana.com/img/ab59...kuroki_dvd.jpghttp://img5.imagebanana.com/img/mbab...oki_lyrics.jpghttp://img5.imagebanana.com/img/jzme...uroki_back.jpg

And here can you see these strings. Not so clear, but i hope you know what i mean.
http://img5.imagebanana.com/img/1bgbylqj/kuroki02.jpghttp://img5.imagebanana.com/img/th1or5z0/kuroki01.jpg

^Niiiccceee

What!? Really??!! *stares at pic*

Oh wow, you're right~!! When I zoom in on that pic I could see 2 of the strings too!! They're connected to the floor, one passes the door and one goes to the corner.... Gosh, weird!!

EDIT: Ah, you posted at the same time lol.

@ Misato - thanks for the scans & oh the strings are visible only when you look at them closer

I will credit you in my jpop scans thread then thanks

oh wow it's great that Kuroki did the following for the single

SHOCK - cowrote & co-composed

Wasted - co-composed

it's nice that SHOCK is her 1st song that she had a hand in cowriting it , neat :heart

Found this on jpm (thanks love cafe)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...248065762c.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...248065762c.jpg

and inside:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...248077714c.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...248077714c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...248077714c.jpg

O_O @_@

need a drool bucket now xD xD & omg her abs are solid :laugh

seriously someone has to scan this photobook up , Leslie Kee's a genius big time

Once again: hahahahaaa @ the scans!!!! :P Thanks for posting em Misato

You'd think they try better to hide the strings with photoshop or something. Anyway I think I'll give the single a try. I still haven't gotten around to listening to hellcat xD.

i love the back cover of the photobook :love

also from JPM:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2..._Mayu/001l.jpg
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2009/07/23/051/?rt=na

oh i wonder what the rest of the photobook look like, though i don't really like the fact that PHOTOGRAPHS BY LESLIE KEE is so big on the cover @_@

I might order that photobook later in august...
I received SHOCK-unmei- CD+DVD version today and WTF?! No new pics, only the lyrics page... So disapointing.
I only bought it coz i was hoping a nice booklet, since I pretty like the covers... wtf really è_é

^singles don't usually have new pics and even if they do, they're usually just 1 or 2. Well, its sad that you bought it because you were expecting new pics :(

And wow, thanks for that Lisa! SOunds cool :D

sony is so cheap :grumpy they probably figured that the photobook has enough pics, so they don't wanna bother adding some new pics in the single booklet :P

some pics are really good and some pics are not really good for me!

Yay for scans! :D

Thank you for these. It's neat to see what I'll be getting. ;)

And, wow, the more I see of the photobook, the more I think about ordering it. When I first heard about it I wasn't that interested since I assumed it was going to be all girly and kawaii but since it's... er, *not*, I think I may just order it. :D

LOL @ the strings. :laugh
doesn't take too much effort to PS something.

ah! the photobook looks great! it's not that risque. well...from the previews. LOL. the back cover is a really nice photo! :D

thanks for posting the news about Kuroki's upcoming new activities , Lisa

omg Alicia , your new set/avater is :luv2

Just listened to hellcat. Only track I really liked was No, no, no. The other tracks were okay, but Meisa's shouting in them kinda ruined it.

lmao definitely not Temmy

the photobook has 112 pages so nope

^Lol, a 5 page photobook!!! That's baaaaad :thud

Thanks!!!

@NintendoHTF1242: Yeah, i agree Kuroki's voice could use some training, but it was still a great debut album

it's , Alicia

it's probably 1 of my fave & not to mention 1 of the most surprising debut albums that I came across this year , besides Kanon Wakeshima's Shinshoku Dolce ;)

SHOCK -Unmei-

x->16->19->23->23

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/more/3/

at least it didn't drop *sigh of relief* :P

These are daily rankings, right? When do we find out about weekly?

It's too bad that her first single didn't debut in the Top 10, daily or weekly, but I'm still going to be happy if she's in the Top 40 of either. :yes

It's doing pretty good for a single! the photobook is just meh to me...

we should find out the weekly ranking by monday or tuesday :)

weekly rankings would be updated on the Oricon site by Wed

LOL LOL

we only have seen a few photos preview from LOVE MEISA , Shadae

maybe the rest will be great ? we're talking about 112 pages here :dead2

I'm real tempted to call Kinokuniya & ask them whether do they have the photobook in stock or not :innocent

SHOCK -Unmei-

x->16->19->23->23->out of the top 30

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/more/3/

T_T T_T T_T T_T

oufti!

I think we should give a parachute to SHOCK~unmei~

oh well , the single tried its best I think & the fact that there's too little & lack of promo done on Kuroki's part is not helping things either since she's busy fliming Ninkyo Helper (I finished watching episode 2 earlier on whee & I can't wait for episode 3 :heart)

but there's always her 1st MUSIC STATION performance to look out for this coming Fri :luv2

I think her TV performance'll be able to help her selling!

hopefully so

usually sales tend to increase during the weekend after an artiste performs on MUSIC STATION on Fri

I don't know whether will it work for Kuroki but it's definitely too late especially if she's aiming for good sales/chart position for SHOCK

Actually, her rankings actually make sense when you think about it. After all, her main profession IS acting and not singing.

:yes

you forgot to add modelling in the mix too , Alicia

*points to an.an mag & LOVE MEISA photobook :innocent

I totally agree with you
It's why I think it's not bad for her.

Definitely, she needs more promotion!

meisa still did better with an mini-album and a single than yamada yu's been doing with one album and a few singles (since 2006). she's also a model and actress, but i think to her music is just a side thing. i don't want meisa to just leave music as a side thing, too.

but anyway, i still hope she gets a top 20 weekly position.

Lol, yeah but I think Kuroki's music style is a lot more appealing to the Japanese public than Yami Yu's was. (I think everybody knows why :innocent) Plus, I don't Yami Yu was invited on MUSIC STATION this fast (wait... was she ever invited at all? :P)

she was only on there for her debut single, "REAL YOU" :yes

but..why isn't yamada yu's style not so appealing? i really don't know why, lol. she does the same kinda urban-pop-ish music like meisa does :shrug she's also been an actress for a longer time, too. so she is still well known. it's just that her music dosen't sell well, unfortunately :( i'm not trying to compare or anything, but i was just trying to mean that meisa is selling more than yamada yu does, so at least that's a good thing for meisa? the single could have gotten a much worse first day ranking and stuff. so i guess we should be satisfied enough with that. :yes the single did get good promotion, though. with a CM and all. but sony generally just dosen't have much promotion :P

Yeah, I don't understand either why you think Yu's music isn't appealing to the Japanese public. From what I've heard, she mostly plays bad guys in her acting roles, is that what you mean? (I don't watch JDramas.)

I love Yu's debut album and don't really think her music is that different from Meisa's. In fact, if you were to compare album credits, you'd see that she actually works with some of the same people.

I think she did pretty well with the sales, without the promotion I mean.

well I'm no smart aleck & I don't know how Yamada You sounds like at all

maybe the factors as to why she's doing much worst than Kuroki is maybe because she's going out with Shun Oguri ? :shrug

probably that kinda hurt Yamada's sales or something I don't know :P

LOL i don't think the japanese people hate oguri shun (i know i don't :lech)

but anyway, meisa only released one one single, right? so maybe we'll get better sales with her 2nd single? (wishful thinking :shrug)

Shun Ogri was epic hot hot hot in HYD but after that meh T_T

hopefully so

she got lucky with hellcat & in a way usually singles tend to sell/chart worst than albums so yup

btw you can download the DVD rip of SHOCK PV via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92635 :D

i hope she gets a top 20 debut, at least. :)

i think it's rather normal though? if you seen singers of her kind, such as an actress-turned-singer or model-turned-singer (i.e. Yamada Yuu & Leah Dizon) they sell well at first, but they gradually lose sales overtime. their debut are usually the strongest in sales (this is the idol standard, usually).

from Zemus with regards to this coming Fri's MUSIC STATION :

YAY !

===

SHOCK -Unmei-

x->16->19->23->23->out of the top 30->23

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/more/3/

thanks much for single scans!!!

I can't see ANAN scans, nooooo :cry

I didn't like the single except Bad Girl remix :no
I dunno why, but hellcat had much better stuff, and SHOCK sounds a bit too blank, boring & recycled. I also don't like wasted. noisy & forgettable

the photobook somewhat reminds me of Leah Dizon first Japanese photobooks, which were also shot by Leslie if I rmeember correctly. the poses, the *ahem* clothes
but I look forward to seeing the book! I love this girl :)

YAY!!! It went up! Oh, I didn't know Yamada yu went out with oguri shun .... I like him as an actor and that's it. I never saw why ppl thought he was so hot.

actually Yamada Yuu is still going out with Shun Oguri (er I think)

He really was HOT in Hana Yori Dango , OK :lmfao . If not for the time that I got Jun-baited , I would have gone straight to him instantly xD & Makino should have gone out with Hanazawa dammit T_T

I think he looks great in brown hair but now :weep

lol! I don't like his mouth or his teeth... but if they're happy that's all that matters. meisa and kame make such a cute couple!

This :yes :laugh

I so & 10000000% have to agree with you on that . I will APPROVE of Kame & Kuroki going out together in real life as they looked awesome & couple like in IchiPon

ick , if not for the fact that Kame supposedly likes older women (& even went out with Kyōko Koizumi .___.) & that I REFUSE to say that he belongs to ll moments ll (xD sorry Eirynne you know I love you ;) ) , things would have been better

waaaay

did meisa do a couple photoshoot with maki?

I'm not sure on that Jasmine

why you ask ? :shrug

as far as I know , LOVE MEISA is Kuroki's 1st photobook

yay! #23 again! :D can't wait for MSta, too.

cause i see pictures of maki in a wedding dress and meisa tuxedo, and they're in the kissing position...

and another of them on a bed

o_O

ok that I have no idea sorry about it

Wow, seriously? KyonKyon is a very famous idol singer (also actress) that debuted in the 80s. I'm a fan of hers :yes. There is a 20 years age gap between the two if they really went out together.

Apologies for major off topic.

yup they released a photobook called miss x match orsomething like that
I have it somewhere in my HD XD

http://community.livejournal.com/gir...25.html#cutid1
Download
pw : ghormenghast

^ ah thank you! i didn't know it was a photobook XD i thought it was just a magazine photoshoot

so guess meisa and maki are really good friends then?

they both were in a drama SP earlier this year, too. it was called "chance!" :yes

btw, i never knew kame went out with a woman 20 years OLDER than him?! :irked

Oh you guys didn't get it? Sorry, I thought it was obvious, guess not, lol. I think it's basically because of three reasons:

1. Sony's inability to promote her sufficiently- Kuroki, surrisingly, is being promoted much more than her. For example that Vodka Ad.

2. Yamada herself, considers her music career as a side-career behind acting, like you guys just mentioned. It showed that she too, is not putting as much emphasis on her music either: leading to slow releases etc etc which makes her a forgettable artsit unlike Kuroki, who's releasing much faster

3. She doesn't show enough skin!!! :laugh (kidding!)

I don't know whether her acting or her dating has affected her sales but these were the three obvious points I could see.

i see what you mean, alicia (that's your name right? i forgot :tipsy) and i agree with you. with that being said, i hope meisa's next single release will be, like, at the end of the year or something. not too long of a wait! :weep

yeah it was said that both of them went out together for a period of time & no surprises a LOT of Kame fangirls were going !!!! especially since Koizumi's 43 this year & Kame's 23 :dead2

Right now the latest I heard about is that they seem to patch up but .... I don't know , for me if he's happy , then I'm happy xD xD

the wifey knows it all along :laugh

that's why I said he should have gone out with Kuroki XD

sheesh, i can't understand why kame would like THAT much of an older woman anyway. meisa and him are waaay cuter :yes

I don't know :laugh

but it seems a lot of the guys in KT prefer older women & I have no idea why so T_T

& totally , Kuroki should go out with Kame . If not , he can go out with me haha :innocent

I FIXED IT 4 U. :D

um, anyway, LOL, overall i think "SHOCK -Unmei-" is a solid debut single. i think "Wasted" is OK (& i'm always neutral on remixes), but "SHOCK" is really, really good. it's catchy & i just seem to replay it all the time! :)

:grumpy :grumpy :grumpy :grumpy

I knew something like that will happen ._______.

ANYWAY (:lmfao xD) ...

I echo the same thing as you Eirynne . I do admit that initally I was real disappointed in SHOCK but it's a grower on me as time goes by & I really like it now

the covers , the PV & everything , all gel together very nicely :D

Meisa is REALLY pretty! <33 Though, for some odd reason, SHOCK -Unmei- reminds me of "Shine more" by Namie Amuro! :laugh Did Meisa hire Namie's composers?? XDDD

I have no idea on that Heather

but I was told that some of the people who composed for Kuroki , it's the same group of people that also did for Yamada Yuu

oh thanks for posting this :D

I'm looking at the photobook now

ARGH those shots of Kuroki with the boxing gloves & that she's with Maki in the boxing ring immediately reminded me of IchiPon .____.

SISTER ANGELA :roflmao

Maybe it's just me, then! :laugh

:laugh

so does anyone have the 1st week sales & ranking for SHOCK -Unmei ? :eyes

Yeah that's my name :yes

And yeah, I expect another single before the end of the year too!

She should try a ballad for her next single.

That would be a good idea, lots of variety!! Something like LOST would be good. I just hope the b-side will be a little better than Wasted :(

yeah she definitely should release a ballad

the closest I will consider a song as 1 in hellcat would be LOST

Yeah lost was awesome! I think she should do a ballad this time especially if she's releasing a new single in the winter!

:yes

usually when comes to Winter , people will release all those soppy ballads (with some exceptations like Yuna Ito's Koi wa groovy x2 :heart) so maybe that will imply to Kuroki ?

I hope so , that will be something to look out for

Well, since everybody releases winter/ christmas ballads in the winter, it wouldn't be very good for her sales if she too released a winter ballad like everybody else. (I'm just saying :P)

25　3,458　黒木メイサ

Not bad... Could be better with more promotion (MS is a bit late lol)

well, she got within the top 30, at least. hopefully MS will help a bit.

not bad , I was expecting much much worst charting/sales for it

I will update it in the 1st post & in her discography threads , thanks

& oh I found out on wikipedia that hellcat has crossed the 20K mark after 6 weeks :D

its total sales is currently 20,430 :heart

and it's been out since april :dead2 i gotta keep in mind that it was her debut, so it's really good sales, lol. sadly better than SHOCK's sales :(

yeah hellcat was released on 8th April

it's very easy for me to remember the release date because it was released on the same day as BREAKERZ's Everlasting Luv / BAMBINO ~Bambino~ & somemore 8th April's DAIGO's birthday :lmfao & the date that ayumi debuted on the scene with Poker Face :laugh

it's great that the album has crossed the 20K mark & here I was thinking it wasn't able to

Wll, that's some good news in terms of sales....

eh is anyone watching Ninkyo Helper ?

apparently episode 3 is already up , subbed wise - http://www.dramacrazy.net/v/japanese...ninkyo-helper/

but I don't see any episode 3 in there o_O

oh *o* I didn't know that hellcat was released on my birthday XD

when's the MS perf. again?

xD , yeah it was released on your birthday , DAIGO's birthday & the day when ayumi debuted with Poker Face

the MUSIC STATION performance of SHOCK -Unmei- is today later on tonight , Jasmine since it's already Fri morning at our end