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The story
Naoki Prize-winning author Ryo Asai has stirred up a huge reaction after posting a video of himself dancing to Juice=Juice’s song “Moreru! Mi Amore” on X. Asai wrote the original novel “Budokan,” believed to be based on Morning Musume, and has long been known as an outspoken Hello! Project fan. He reportedly brought up the video himself on a TBS info/variety show that same day, and on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, posts poured in about Asai’s college-era dance club background and how the drama adaptation of “Budokan” was effectively shelved after cast scandals.
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Ryo Asai — In the Megachurch — Moreru Mi (short for the song title)
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What people said
Did people not know that?
So what?
The point is he's dancing to a Juice=Juice song that got absolutely trashed by fans.
He's not a dancer.
He just belonged to a dance club in college.
I keep having the illusion that Jiro Sato was in Budokan
for some reason.
Re: #38
Morning Musume。'26 doesn't have any pull right now, so let's just dance to Moreru Mi instead.
Every single one of the main male cast members ended up causing a scandal.
And yet Ryo Yoshizawa alone went on to become a huge Reiwa-era star actor lol
Guess the whole "peeing in someone else's house" thing just got swept under the rug lol
Funnily enough, he pulled off a total Copernican-style turnaround with Kokuho (National Treasure) and Moreru Mi lol
Plus he gets to show off, none too subtly, how flexible he is with that high kick.
Saying Ryo Asai would 'fade away' shows some seriously bad taste lol
It's been over 10 years now, so the current Juice=Juice lineup could probably pull it off somehow.
It's not that bad — Hoka Kinoshita, Keisuke Koide, and Yuta Takahata just happened to all be in it at the same time.
…okay, that is a lot.
Karin was seriously on edge during that period lol
Even her live MC talk got weirdly sharp and prickly.
When Ryo Yoshizawa's scandal broke, people dug the "Budokan curse" thing right back up lol
He won an award as a student, made it big, could easily live off writing alone, but still took a short stint at a regular job just to "experience society" before quitting — and on top of that he's good-looking and a smooth talker. It's infuriating.
That's just jealousy talking.
Not Tsunku — Hoshibe.
The epilogue of the original Budokan novel is plenty.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Ryo Asai is the author of the novel “Budokan” (published 2015), said to be modeled on Morning Musume, and has long publicly identified as a Hello! Project fan. The novel was adapted into a TV drama in 2022, but its broadcast and streaming were halted after a string of scandal reports involving the cast — this is the “curse” referenced in the thread. Meanwhile, “Moreru! Mi Amore” is a Juice=Juice song that has reportedly drawn harsh criticism from some fans over its choreography and concept. Opinions in the thread split over two points: the actual substance of Asai’s background as a “dancer” (whether he has any professional experience), and how to read a celebrity dancing to a song that’s often panned. This article excludes posts touching on past scandal reports involving the real actors, as well as jabs at appearance or voice and crude jokes, and instead focuses on posts that illuminate Asai’s identity as a Hello! Project fan and the background behind the original novel and its drama adaptation.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[SHOCKING] Novelist Ryo Asai’s Video Dancing to “Moreru! Mi Amore (Juice=Juice)” Is Blowing Up on X Right Now wwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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