From our other sites
The story
Juice=Juice’s Kawashima Mifu has become the talk of 5channel’s Hello! Project board after fans noted she’s the most popular member during “photo-op time,” the window at Hello! Project events when attendees can shoot close-up photos of the members. Posts ranged from simple support (“she’s the ace,” “she’s just cute”) to comments tracing a crowd-pleasing-looks “lineage” running from Konno Azusa to Michishige Sayumi to Kawashima Mifu, with some arguing her appeal reaches casual viewers, not just hardcore fans. Meanwhile, claims that she “seems to glow” drew pushback that it’s just a lighting effect, reviving the old looks-versus-skill debate.
What people said
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1787456533/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSBD6GbbsAAPZAI.jpg:orig#.jpg
she genuinely glows.
If Chansan is an idol cyborg,
then Mippuru (Kawashima's nickname) is a natural-born idol.
once a Hello! Project act actually gets popular, they end up doing the same generic idol work as everyone else anyway.
Quit doing the kind of work 'Kawa-Lab' does.
Turns out idols don't need skill after all —
just being cute is enough.
Think about what the idol job actually involves, and Nogizaka's got the right formula.
Hello! Project otaku have just seen so many weird faces their standards are broken lol
roughly how the fanbase's favorite face has passed down
Danbara
Inoue
Kudo
Matsunaga
Arisawa
Irie
Ebata
Ishiyama
Endo
Kawashima
Hayashi
Inaba
Miyamoto
Background and Talking Points
“Photo-op time” is fan slang for the window during Hello! Project live merchandise sales and other events when attendees can shoot close-up photos of members, and it’s said to reward at-a-glance cuteness that lands with casual, first-time viewers more than the niche skills prized by hardcore fans. In the thread, Kawashima Mifu was framed as heir to a “lineage” of broadly appealing faces running from Konno Azusa through Michishige Sayumi, on top of her standing as Juice=Juice’s ace — though claims that she “seems to glow” drew pushback as nothing more than a lighting effect, so no consensus emerged. Some posts spun off into comparisons with Nogizaka46, but that’s just subjective popularity talk on an anonymous message board, not an official ranking or achievement within Hello! Project, and should be read with that caveat.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Hello! Project board) thread “Why Kawashima Mifu-chan is the most popular during photo-op time.”
Leave a Reply