Maasa Runs Races, Smacks Girls and Isn't Afraid of Anything

Our Heavenly Mother recently starred as the latest "rival" in the H!P-laiden J-drama called "Suugaku♥Joshi Gakuen," and was awesome, as one should expect her to be.

A basic TL;DR of Maasa--er, I'm sorry, Fuyumi events:

• She eats ramen. Like a boss. (I personally kinda found this scene a little offensive considering she is one of the few full figured girls in the company, and is the leader of a group called the Gluttony Girls? Come on.)
• She challenges Nina (Tanaka Reina). Like a boss.
• Changes the menu. Like a boss.

She continues to do some pretty boss-like things, such as stealing fruit from Sayuri (Michishige Sayumi), pushing Kazuki (Sakurada Dori), becoming Maasa Sumou, and slapping the Kyuukies like they're newborn babies. I seriously cannot stress the wonder of this drama. And I highly suggest you watch it. Sadly, there are no .gifs from the episode yet; but I can guarantee you the one of her slapping the Kyuukies will be the first in existence.

If you want a look at the episode, you can see screenshots here, and watch an unsubbed version of Lesson 3 here. A hard-subbed version, courtesy of MM-BBS, will most likely be available within a few days.

Photo courtesy of lovemusic at Hello! Online. Thanks for the screenshots!

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Minecraft and Idol Fandom

Yep, I'm going to talk about a Sandbox Game on a Idol related Blog, but there is a good reason for it.

Just a quick explanation on what Minecraft is, it is a Sandbox Game where you obtain resources, craft various Items, build things like Houses and Railways and it comes with a addiction factor of 11 on a scale of 0 -10 and that high addiction factor is where the connection to Idol Fandom is.

Flying to Japan takes a long time especially when you remember the extra time wasted at various Airports and so its no surprise I had nothing better to do on the way to the Land of Berryz and H!P than play Minecraft (which thanks to its basic Graphics runs fine even on my ancient and by now replaced Laptop).

Unfortunately some random Guy started asking stupid questions about it and I quickly found myself in a situation where I had to justify my addiction. Justifying the addiction to Idols is something many struggle with as the general public is often not enlightened enough to understand it.

That situation got me thinking on how one can justify being addicted to Maasa, Berryz, H!P or just Japanese Idols in general to some random person?

Of course one could choose the not really successful but simple way: "It's either this or Crack, your choice". My Mom didn't really appreciate that one lol (just for the record, I got nothing to do with Drugs).

And thats where Minecraft comes in useful for a hopeless Idol addict, like Crack it got millions around the World addicted and with Minecraft just being a harmless Game and due to its popularity pretty much everyone will know someone who is addicted to it, so the next time someone asks stupid questions about your Idol addiction, just tell them that it is indeed entirely harmless and normal to be addicted to Idols, just like the Minecraft addicts they are likely to know are harmless as well.

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Welcome to 2012!

This year, according to the Maaist calander, will be AM 21. 

Things have gone pretty well in the last year, don't you think? Perhaps not as eventful for the Church as previous ones, but we should not forget that Maasa has been very busy. "Idolness over Idleness", as it were.

Between the singles, albums and concerts, Maasa managed to continue to pursue her dream to be an actress. We had the DVD release of Ranobe, opening her big screen debut of the previous year up to thousands of new fans whom, for whatever reason, were unable to witness it in the cinemas during it's extended run at select theatres.

Aside from that, we've seen her feature alongside Tanaka Reina in her stageplay, as well as featuring alongside other Berryz and C-ute members in the first ever joint Berikyuu stage play. She was then given a supporting role in the movie Ousama Game, with Kumai Yurina and Suzuki Airi taking the leads. 

And then there's the upcoming drama, Suugaku♥Joshi Gakuen, which is due to air in just over a week.

All in all, Maasa and the Church are both ready to pounce on the opportunities of the coming year. Are you?

Carpe diem.

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