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Pianist Harami-chan teamed up with Juice=Juice for the collab MV “Moré! Mi Amore” (a pun on “glam up” and the Spanish/Italian “mi amore”), and one comment on the video read: “It’s not just a Hello! Project thing — the current Juice=Juice members are genuinely incredible. No other group has monsters like these.” The comment got picked up on a Hello! Project thread on 5ch.
On the thread, praise rolled in for Ruru Danbara’s vocals, Reon Inoue’s vocal percussion (beatboxing), and Yuisa Arisawa’s violin — but it also set off criticism of Hello! Project fan culture itself, with comments like “Hello! Project fans usually trash other groups, then suddenly jump on the bandwagon the moment someone gets praised.” The thread ended up mixing genuine agreement with the praise and sarcasm aimed at the Hello! Project fanbase.
[MV] Moré! Mi Amore / Juice=Juice x Harami-chan Special Collaboration
>It’s not about being Hello! Project or not — the current Juice=Juice members are genuinely incredible, it’s moving. No other group has monsters like these. That’s what makes Juice=Juice special.
Source: youtube.com / Original article here
What people said
If only non-Juice=Juice fans were doing this, people could pin the bashing entirely on Juice=Juice, huh.
Exactly. Re: #7 — case in point right there.
Juice=Juice fans wouldn't bother saying this at this point, so it's probably other-group fans piggybacking.
Maybe it's because other fandoms don't have anyone else that impressive to point to.
Nah, I saw a ton of comments like "turns out Hello! Project members are actually skilled" too.
Airi (Suzuki) stans were even bashing the original YOASOBI, lol.
Do you even know how many subscribers Harami's channel has?
Nah, that's not true.
Danbara's vocals, Inoue's beatboxing, and Arisawa's violin are genuinely artist-level. The video's quality is so high that your average idol or Hello! Project member couldn't keep up — of course people are reacting like this.
Take-Jurum (an Angerme lineup nicknamed after Takeuchi Akari) and Beyooooonds' third-years are better.
Though it's got no flavor (a pun on Juice=Juice's nickname "Juice").
Which group?
Basically amateur level with maybe a little extra polish (riffing on the idiom "a cut above amateur").
I don't get people who casually tell lies that get debunked this easily.
That says it all.
Background and Talking Points
Within Hello! Project, Juice=Juice is known for a style that folds members’ individual specialties into performances — Ruru Danbara’s vocals, Reon Inoue’s vocal percussion, Yuisa Arisawa’s violin, and so on — and this collab MV with Harami-chan is an extension of that same idea. The praise in the YouTube comments reflects that context, but the reaction on 5ch took a different shape: rather than focusing on the praise itself, the discussion centered on criticism of Hello! Project fan culture — the notion that “Hello! Project fans usually trash other groups, but jump on the bandwagon the second someone gets praised.” This is a pattern that shows up often on Hello! Project threads, rooted in the fact that the franchise spans many groups with a fragmented fanbase, and this thread was essentially a repeat of that same dynamic. Worth noting for readers: the claim that “no other group has monsters like these” comes from just a handful of comments and isn’t backed by any objective measure. Counterarguments appeared within the thread itself too, like “Angerme or Morning Musume are better” — cross-group skill comparisons are, fundamentally, a matter of fan opinion.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Harami x Amore MV Comments: “It’s Not About Being Hello! Project — the Current Juice=Juice Members Are Genuinely Amazing, No Other Group Has Monsters Like These”.”
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