i wonder.... what was Konno's role in MoMusu? i know she is the tensai and eat-a-lot girl(so adorable when she eats), but is there anything else?
btw. in the beginning, when i joined the MoMusu fandom in the H!P world, i thought konno looked mixed, even now, she looks a lil mixed to me. i'm just curious, is she? anyone knows?
Well to start with, you have Konno fulfilling Momusu's lovable & cuddly roles. Konkon's incredible cuddle-reflex-inducing power is even scientifically proven! That took a while to develop, though.
Back when she started, she was "the spacey one", probably even moreso than Iida.
Then you have Konno as the karate girl of Momusu.
But if you ask me, Konno's strength and appeal is that she was not usually the main focus. She was perhaps their greatest underdog, which is a term used to describe her frequently. Watching performances, she's almost always positioned in one of the outside corners (usually the right), which strikes me as a place that is nearly as important as the center, but nowhere near as glamorous. To watch her plugging away was to watch someone not necessarily with the most talent, but perhaps the most
quiet strength and
competence.
Looking at my momusu group pics, it strikes me that Konno provided a
softness that the other super-genki girls don't. Always serious, soft-spoken, and never overtly angry, Konno presented an extremely non-threatening quality. If you ask me, I'd say that drafting Mittsi was an attempt (failed?) to recover some of that gentle quality. Unfortunately, none of them can present the same type of non-threatening atmosphere as Konkon.
In short, Konno was Momusu's
Yamato Nadeshiko.
Addressing your second question, to my knowledge, she is not mixed. One thing that H!P has taught me is the very diverse range of looks that Japanese girls can have. For example, you have Takahashi (who my roommate thinks looks a bit Vietnamese) and Iida (who was once rumored to be part Ainu). Some people I know think Konno has a very "anime-girl" look with her head shape/size and huge eyes, which undoubedly adds another dimension to her appeal for some. If you still want to believe she's mixed (like some do with Risako's
rumored 1/4 Canadian heritage), far be it for me to convince you otherwise. The question I would ask you then would be, "Mixed with
what?"
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