tako_sama

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    Perfume Fans Admin, Part-time AKB48 wota, low-profile Cassie, rookie Kamilia

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  1. You're SeungYeon. You belong in the spotlight and you know it. You're great at singing and dancing and are super cute. You might sometimes get angry but who doesn't? =] Fits well, I do have a slight temper
  2. A very long process, and involves a handful of other artists too. I did post a bit in another thread, but here's the expanded, long-winded version: The earliest I remember of Kara was in late 2008, when I might have stumbled upon Pretty Girl on TV, while I paid little attention to them, or most girlbands in general because of the general perception that they are all wannabees, while boy bands like TVXQ at the time were the REAL talent (trust me, I'm a straight guy, but with very picky music taste at the time). Same thing when Kara released Honey and Lupin. Concurrently, I listened to some songs by Perfume, but eventually got tired of the autotune. My perception of girl bands had only loosened after the JYJ lawsuit, and I eventually gave into the allure of SNSD in 2010, amounting to a good 3 years of fandom, with 2012-2013 as the period of dying interest. I was introduced to AKB48 in 2011, but I kept my interest in them down to avoid judgment from friends . Interest in Kara VERY slowly crept up, mostly because I had another Kamilia friend, who was also a Sone but quit earlier than me. I then rediscovered Perfume after the VMAJ 2012, and eventually gave them another chance, and was instantly moved by their success story, the most touching since TVXQ's struggle in Japan. I soon gave into AKB48 after my Kamilia friend got poisoned into them. Both Perfume and AKB48 catalysed my disinterest in SNSD, though it was largely because their image had become VERY staple and templated, since their (SNSD) debut in Japan, especially since Mr Taxi, from which most of their current coreography looks blandly similar to. Back to my story of Kara, I slowly grew curious of Kara's foray into Japan, and after some listens to their Japanese album, I was hooked. They sounded much fresher when compared to the decreasing originality of SNSD's style.... My interest in Kara was further strengthened by my Kamilia friend's mention of the Karafume pairing. Fast-forward to today, clean from Soshi, strongly acquainted into the Perfume community, quite broken by JYJ's victory, and quite addicted to AKB48, I've finally accepted Kara as a band to be appreciated and loved. With their lawsuit settled very promptly, their ongoing success and influence in Japan, and their ever modest fan community in Korea and worldwide, Kara is a unit I wish to know better and feel connected to.
  3. As a big fan of Perfume and a part-time shipper of Karafume, I have to say Japan. Particularly because their Japanese career had come with some of their biggest achievements as a Korean artist in Japan, alongside Soshi, TVXQ and BoA in terms of their influence. Their quality, I believe, has its own pros and cons within each respective region but I believe it depends on the fans' taste. I honestly equally like both their Japanese and Korean releases, but I see good prospects for their career in Japan amidst the waning interest in Kpop there.
  4. Hi guys, I've only certified myself a fan after watching URAKARA from a friend an hour ago (pretty late, but Soshi was in my way for years), literally. I've unconsciously followed them since Pretty Girl, but this year I've finally come to my senses