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15th July 2009, 02:41 PM
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Don't like her... I used too, but I was a member at a forum where the moderator was VERY biased about her and kind of started to hate on Mika
 Also, I hate how she performs live 
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16th July 2009, 05:18 AM
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I'm quite neutral.. not her big fan though but i really like some great ballads like Will, yuki no hana.
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16th July 2009, 06:10 AM
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16th July 2009, 04:35 PM
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Mika's a very private person to my understanding. Other than product announcements, CMs and magazines, her name and face tends to stay out of the media inbetween her promotional activities. I think it's kind of a good thing because she gets to maintain her own privacy, but it also turns into a bad thing because I often FORGET all about her.
Also, she's more of a ballad singer than a J-Pop singer. For me, that means seasonized-listening instead of regular-listening. I can listen to at least one Ayu-song everyday, but I can't do that for Mika because her songs have a deeper affect on me emotionally. Even after all these years, FIND THE WAY still makes me break down like a 20-year old baby. A third point for me would be that lately, Mika has been releasing some weird stuff as singles. I loved LIFE and Eien no Uta...but I DON'T KNOW was just really weird. I love the songs found on the single but, the release itself was VERY weird to me. She didn't even stick with that image or brought the same type of sound onto the VOICE album. It could have been a new era for her but instead, VOICE was for me, just like YES---a bunch of ballads. It was nowhere near the quality of MUSIC imo. I think that if she collabs with Hyde again, she could make one BADASS J-pop/rock album. But until something awesome like that happens, I can see myself struggling with WHO is Mika Nakashima a few years from now.
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16th July 2009, 04:37 PM
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I seriously don't mind another GLAMOROUS SKY part 2 at all
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16th July 2009, 09:24 PM
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i do listen to her almost everyday now, but i really have to be in the mood for it. except for THE END, i can listen to that album anytime of the day lol. and yes, FIND THE WAY is one of her best songs ever. it's so beautiful  and i agree with karen, glamorous sky ~episode 2~ please  or better yet, THE END ~episode 2~
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17th July 2009, 02:25 AM
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 & yes yes Jacky , I seriously don't mind another GLAMOROUS SKY part 2 & let alone another THE END style album
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17th July 2009, 02:34 AM
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I like some songs, like the Nana movie theme song, Glamorous Sky, and LIFE and some other ones that don't come to mind at the moment... She really isn't doing well though with sales and overall popularity right? Maybe that's why many in AHS don't know her well.
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17th July 2009, 02:40 AM
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she had a bit of a slump period last year when SAKURA & I DON'T KNOW didn't charted in the top 10
she came back with a bang of sorts after that with ORION which was used as Ryusei no Kizuna's opening theme kinda helped that she had a role in it even though it was a minor 1 but ORION really helped to regain back her popularity
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17th July 2009, 02:45 AM
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^ Weren't physical sales for Oricon really bad? But it sold awesome digitally! I read it was downloaded over 3 million times. That's a lot. I remember a couple years ago when Gwen Stefani came out with Hollaback Girl, which was a huge hit, they were talking on the radio of how she received an award for the song being downloaded 1 million times, though I'm sure it sold much more than that later. But anyway Mika got 1.3 million for Orion, so I'm sure it was well received!
EDIT: 1.3 million.
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17th July 2009, 02:47 AM
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doesn't help that much that I didn't liked ORION that much initally but not anymore & FOCUS's ace
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17th July 2009, 02:51 AM
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This is random but I just remembered how beautiful VOICE's cover was (
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17th July 2009, 02:57 AM
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lol yeah but nothing beats YES for me imo
she looked even more beautiful than usual in the YES covers 
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17th July 2009, 03:00 AM
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17th July 2009, 03:01 AM
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I usually don't like her covers though ^^; Oh, btw, I looked at Orion's sales and it was over 60,000 which really isn't that bad. She had a couple singles that only sold 10,000 copies so...
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17th July 2009, 07:05 AM
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21st July 2009, 02:26 PM
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that's a pity she isn't in the main scene..maybe if she got a bit naked like kuu she could be able to sell more  (sorry to all kuu lovers but i cannot appreciate the fact she's always this sexy-naked look)
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22nd July 2009, 05:48 AM
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i hope this doesn't sound personal (and i apologize if it does) but maybe it's because of her almost always gloomy and sombre expressions and personality. Must smile more often!! She's actually VERY gorgeous!!
Hell yes, she is.. 
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22nd July 2009, 10:32 AM
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