Missed the news of the name change until now, in the craziness of the leadup to Christmas and other stuff happening. However...
I am not a violent person. I am actually very peaceable and generally thought of as a positive and encouraging person.
And to get one thing out of the way, I do love the *concept* of calling them 'angel's tears'... okay... it's quite sweet. I know the decision is made, and it's not debatable. But why not stick to Japanese, which is a language they know, instead of bastardising some French and coming up with something that in English is absolute crap. (I was thinking, for example, derive from 天使の涙 and go for 'Tenida' or something).
But... (and I rarely use language like this!) ... what the FUCK are they thinking with a name which, in English, means pretty much the direct opposite of S/mileage. And has Tsunku taken leave of his senses, leaving something like this to a bunch of girls who are sweet and pretty as all get out, but likely have no commercial sense at all.
I am a huge fan of S/mileage. I will follow ANGERME (hate these names with all capitals as well.. and in my own files I will be calling them AngeRme just to distract from the awfulness of the name and remind myself where it comes from) ... but
I will HATE HATE HATE their name forever.
And sadly, Kana will move waaaaay down from the top to the bottom of my S/mileage like-list, up which she was never all that high, but after this she is bottom forever. And cannot graduate soon enough.
Now, to make some amends:
- sincere apologies to those who really like the name. There's no accounting for tastes, and I'm glad this makes someone happy... just not me.
- sincere apologies to Kana fans... I know there are people who find other members annoying... she's just not to my taste, and even less now. Wish she'd learned enough English to see what she was suggesting.
Okay, now let's get back to loving the new members and looking to the future.