[Discussion] Expectations and predictions for H!P in 2008!

[shirenuファクトリー]

Just a simple discussion topic!

What do you expect from H!P in 2008?

What do you hope for in 2008?

What do you fear is going to happen in 2008?

Are there any predictions you'd like to make? lol

You don't have to answer all questions. Just have fun with it. YEAH!!

[isuzu]

Predictions:

- Miyabi scandal (only Sexy Otonajan left  )
- Airi release a solo single
- Berryz sells more than MM and °C-ute
- Takahashi Ai graduation
- Nakajima Saki PB
- °C-ute + Berryz single
- Some wota dies in the Berryz vs C-ute concert
- Ongaku Gatas disband
- Chisato won't get a solo line in any of the °C-ute upcoming singles
- Another unit feat. Kanon, Ogawa Saki + 3 other EGGs

Wishlist:

- Reina scandal
- Maimai & Chisato PB without swim suits
- A dance routine for Shimizu Saki, Nakajima Saki and Maimi at the Berryz vs C-ute concert
- A well balanced distribution of lines at the Berryz vs C-ute concert (will never happen )
- H!P disband so I don't have to care about all this shit

[Pinkosa]

Predictions:
- Someone in MM graduates.
- Mai Hagiwara PB (the girl is popular now...)
- New H!P kids unit.
- A huge scandal between the kids 

Hopes:
- Nakazawa Yuko or Maeda Yuki album!
- Yurina's 2nd PB.
- Umesan PB.
- A great Berryz song. (like Munasuka or...idk)
- GAM returns.
- MM makes a collab with SNSD (LOLOLOLOL)
- Good songs for everyone.
- MKB gets promotion!

Fears:
- Gaki-san graduates 
- The pandas leave MM 
- H!P goes down.

[shirenuファクトリー]

I HOPE that Ongaku Gatas will remain an active unit...
I hope that more H!P Egg concerts and performances will be released on DVD...
I hope that there will be cool, upbeat singles/songs again (I was quite happy with 2007, but I want Berryz to go all Special Generation again)
These come to mind right now...

My prediction is that there will be LESS scandals in 2008... 2007 was a very scandal-full year for celebs around the world for some reason, to the point it got kind of insane, so yes... I think positively and think that 2008 will be a delightfully boring year in that area... *crosses fingers*

I FEAR that nobody will really improve in 2008... That no member makes so much progress that I'll actually notice it... I feel that in that way, 2007 was quite disappointing, save for a few promising Eggs, Chisato beltin' out, and... Yeah. They just don't really get as much training as they could.


EDIT:
Isuzu, one of your wishes was over the top so I removed it... Death shall not be wished upon anyone in this thread...

I guess that's it. o-o

[Nouciel]

Hopes
- Yuko to get married
- GAM's comeback
- Korean member(s) join MM
- Umesan/Nakky/Arikan/Sato/Maimai PB
- Sport Festivals!!!! Now that only a few hm@ are worth watching, Sport Festival would be perfect to show the non-idol aspect of H!P girls.

Fears
- Junjun and Linlin sudden graduation. They joined MM as exchange students..

Predictions
- Risako 3rd and 4th PB

[Asmodai]

I haven't followed H!P a whole lot lately. Most of the girls I liked are inactive or at least out of the spotlight now. I wasn't really wowed by any of the new singles.

I'm hoping in 2008 that I see more from my favorites and that someone new will manage to catch my eye. My fear is basically that it doesn't happen and I have less interest in following H!P than I do now.

I don't expect any huge changes though.

[Kuja]

Expects:
There will be lots of PB's, probably. I also expect MM to continue doing stuff to reach other countries of Asia.

Hopes:
I don't usually follow these PB releases at all, but Risa really needs a new one.
Though 2007 was full of releases, it wasn't so good. I mean, Tokaikko junjou and Gatas singles were indeed brilliant, but none of the MM singles convinced me too much. So, I hope that next year it's not about releasing stuff constantly, but about releasing only the stuff that is good.
I don't hate Ai, but I think that if she'd graduate, things would change and probably not in a bad way. I'd just like to see all the other girls who don't even get a chance proving themselves. And she could have a solo career or a group, so it wouldn't matter.
I hope the C-ute gets another good single.
I hope that next year H!P will be dressed better. Some progress has been made this year, but there have been setbacks too.

Fears:
My worst fear is Risa graduating. The other thing is Eri graduating. It's a bit odd, because I don't even pay that much attention to her, but I know I'd miss her. Linlin and Junjun leaving would be bad too.
I fear that MM will continue to release singles that I completely forget in like two months.

// How could I possibly forget?

Hopes:
Makoto comeback and Nocchi joining MM

[sousora]

Expect:
- At least two or three scandals, this time involving at least some of the kids
- Momusu sales continue to dwindle
- One of the kids groups will catch them in sales

Hopes:
- No big scandals, no one has to leave
- C-ute continue their trend of good singles

Fears:
- One of the kids I like is involved in a scandal (I'm looking at you, Miya...)
- Chinese girls have to go home
- Someone decides to suddenly up and quit

[SomethingWild]

What do you expect from H!P in 2008?
-More attention for the kid units
-Neglect of Viyuden en MKB

What do you hope for in 2008?
-Return of Miki as solo artist

What do you fear is going to happen in 2008?
-Eri Graduation..

[Brat-san]

Prediction: Yurina will hit 6ft.

D:

[Nettaigyo]

Predictions:

- the Kids will continue to rise in sales and on the charts, while Momusu sales manage to steady at around 40-60k
- v-u-den will continue to suck on the charts, but they won't disband
- MKB will continue put out good stuff that sucks on the charts, but they won't disband
- even more PBs
- the rest of the Berryz/C-ute will get solo PBs, but considerably less effort will be put into them due to popularity
- no one will graduate from Momusu
- however, Momusu will get a 9th gen
- Yuko/Nacchi/Kei/Inaba/Ayaka/all those other soloists will keep on doing nothing. Their fans will, however, continue to petition for new releases from them
- Ongaku Gatas will keep releasing stuff. Fans will keep calling them the second Golden Age, however, they won't manage to break into the Top 5
- Buono! will keep releasing stuff. They will do well, but not well enough to get a new hairstyle for the girls.

Hopes:

- v-u-den starts putting out good music again. Seriously. Where did "Ajisai Ai Ai Monogatari" go?
- no Momusu graduations. This lineup is just getting good.
- no 9th gen. Let this lineup work a little longer.
- The Forgotten Soloists will release something that's not lame.
- Ogawa Makoto returns - plzzz.
- Sudou Maasa PB, Nakajima Saki PB
- The Buono! girls get better hairstyles.

Fears:

*wibble*

[Pinkosa]

Prediction: Yurina will hit 6ft.

D:

rofl yeah!  soon 

[Aioros]

Expectations:
H!P kids who got PBs last year will get seconds/thirds
Group PBs
More Ongaku Gatas and Buono! releases
Good year for H!P in terms of sales

Hopes:
GAM comeback
Miki splits with her BF
H!P kids make cameos in 2K8 sentai and/or kamen shows
Sportsfest
New H!P egg unit with Kanon,Okai Asuna and Ogawa Saki
World tour (or Asian tour at least)
More Nacchi-Maimi singles
More PBs by the photographer of Isshun and Maple
Elder club shuffle groups
Good health for Kaori and Nono's kids

Fears:
Scandals
Miki gets a new BF/GF
Rivalry between Berryz and C-ute becomes extreme, causing dissension among the girls
Me lose interest in H!P

Predictions:
Maimi will dominate the sportsfest
Tsunku will do something unexpected that will get mixed reactions from the fans

[nachdenki]

- Some wota dies in the Berryz vs C-ute concert

Probably a bit extreme, but I lol'd at this one nevertheless

Prediction: Yurina will hit 6ft.

D:

Here comes mine~
Expectations:
- PBs of members who didn't get one so far

Hopes:
- Good Berryz songs in terms of quality and sales.
- Berryz having an autumn concert tour >_>
- Berryz having an awesome summer tour
- Momoko getting a second PB (but basically that all other Berryz get their PB)

Fears:
- Some scandal with a Berryz member involved
- Me loosing too much interest

dewd... I'm so predictable.

[LaJon]

Predictions: Less good, more bad.
Wish: More good, less bad.

I'm not bitter at all.

[Setalia]

Hopes:
Inaba declares her undying love for me.
KonKon declares her undying love for me.
New group or new solo music by Inaba, Yasuda and/or Yaguchi
Welcome back, Makoto!

Predictions:
Miki comeback
New group featuring Erina Mano and/or Arisa Noto
New photobooks of Erina, Arisa, Ongaku Gatas group pb, Yossy
Buono radio show
New movie featuring one of more H!P members
Tsunku shocks fans again this year with a new announcement concerning MM (and I don't mean new members from another country)

Love, Charmy

[BomberG]

Predictions:
- More budgets allocated to gatas
- school grades for hpk fail misarably to all time low
- Scandle > Miya (it has to be you~

Expectations:
- More budgets allocated to C-ute
- C-ute becomes tsunku fav
- Hagiwra Mai pb
 
Fears:
- Berryz budgets -50%
- UFA pushing the kids too hard
- badblood in h!pk

Hopes:
- pb for erika chinami junjun
- hpk vs concert sold out in mid feb
- no bloodshed when kamens meet rangers
- berryz goes outside japan /china/korea/US/taiwan/HK wherever

[Setalia]

Oh, another prediction:

Rika releases new photobook during the next Struggle.

 

Love, Charmy

[tamatron]

Predictions:
- Less scandals for older members of H!P because everone has forgotten that they exist.
- Some real Friday scandals for Kids because they are the "future".
- Even more PBs releases than this year. More IVs too.

Fears:
- Berryz continues to get shitty songs which might cause my interest to go below zero.

Hopes:
- Sportsfest.
- Shuffles.
- MM disbanding. Don't know what they should do next, but the state they are in right now makes me wish they'd just disband.

[ebc]

3 Yui Okada Gravure DVD's and PB, 1 of which she poses topless but cupping her boobs with her hands

A Biyuden Australian Hello Hello! where they also do some live performances to locals! and handshake event (here's me wishing)

Other than that, I don't know what to expect 2007 was a bit of a let down for me. Maybe 2008 will be ok though.