A post noting that hardly any “calls” (the coordinated chants fans shout at live shows) could be heard at Juice=Juice’s “Room Tour 2026” sparked discussion on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Following a message from the group’s official X account, opinions split between “it’s nicer to actually hear the singing when it’s quiet” and “don’t lean on the crowd — get us fired up.” The thread also touched on the growing number of new fans who don’t know the calls, plus complaints about the setlist and stage direction. Posters were divided over whether to blame the audience or the management/production side.
What people said
1AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:25
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Juice=Juice Room Tour 2026
2AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:26
Is a live show with no calls even fun?
3AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:27
Tako (fan nickname): "You don't have to shout, sweetie 👼"
62AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:07
Re: #3
Tako's position is that fans should be free to shout or not, so this take is wrong.
5AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:29
If they want people to shout that badly, just put call subtitles up on the screen like =LOVE does.
9AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:32
I hate the "oi-oi" chant in the B-melody (pre-chorus) of "Kurakura," so it was nice getting to quietly enjoy Mippuru's beautiful voice yesterday.
10AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:34
Juice used to have the loudest calls in all of Hello! Project.
11AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:37
If they put out a call tutorial video like Milk does, people would actually learn them.
12AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:39
I'm mostly an at-home fan and don't know the calls, so I check the setlist and calls on YouTube before heading to the venue.
13AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:41
Re: #1
The crowd's full of new fans, so of course they don't know the calls for the old songs — "Moreme" aside.
14AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:42
Ugh… this is just gonna speed up people quitting the fandom lol
26AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:56
Re: #14
Sounds fun lol
And it comes as a package with grinding your teeth when it never goes the way you hoped
Haters never change even after a year lol
58AnonymousSep 27, 2026 13:55
Re: #14
Hope so
But in reality it's Ankasu that broke up lol
15AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:43
"Moreme" is on the easier side for calls, right?
For other songs too, apparently you're fine as long as you throw an "oi" in after the "woo."
16AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:44
Even with a standard hype phrase, I guess some unhinged people are always going to take it the wrong way, huh?
18AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:49
Put out a call tutorial video already.
Don't lean on the crowd — entertain us.
19AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:50
Just put on a performance that makes people want to shout.
20AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:52
Knowing this agency, even if they make a call tutorial video, the autumn tour will probably be over by the time it hits YouTube.
21AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:53
There's a member who said something they really didn't need to, huh.
30AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:59
Re: #21
Kudo's not looking in the same direction as everyone else.
22AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:54
It's always been normal for calls to get quieter whenever the fanbase turns over.
Just leave it be — people pick it up naturally and it gets loud again eventually.
24AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:55
Expecting this much from the audience is below third-rate.
That's exactly why people call them fakes.
25AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:56
Before it was "the calls are too loud" — now this? Talk about extremes lol
27AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:56
So the old-timers who enjoyed the calls are drifting over to Tsubaki (Tsubaki Factory).
28AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:56
Guess the members thought something was missing too, lol
29AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:58
Normally a smaller-capacity venue means a higher ratio of hardcore fans and more energy.
But this is low turnout AND low energy — no upside anywhere.
31AnonymousSep 27, 2026 12:59
This happens a lot at venues where the family-seating section ends up right at the front.
32AnonymousSep 27, 2026 13:01
It just means the crowd's going back to being "omaitsu" old guys (fan slang for die-hard, stuck-in-their-ways regulars).
33AnonymousSep 27, 2026 13:01
It's just the at-home fans and the "omaitsu" regulars who can't get up front making stuff up — it was plenty lively lol
35AnonymousSep 27, 2026 13:02
My satisfaction has never really hinged on call volume.
Though it is a minus if some guy next to me does horrifically loud, off-key calls.
A moderate amount of calling is plenty.
60AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:03
To begin with, isn't the setlist itself part of the problem — a lot of the first-half songs don't even have calls, so it's hard for fans to get hyped until the back half?
69AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:12
Re: #60
Exactly that.
And what's with that box platform and the illusion-style door-swap gimmick — feels cheap.
The seated singing scene itself is fine, but at least bring out sturdier chairs.
JUNGO, get it together.
61AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:03
There was a fan screaming "Ore mo—!" ("me too!") during Arisawa's part in the second verse of "Poppin'" and it was cringe.
64AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:08
The "A-tan" call in "Nai Mono Love" is genuinely gross, isn't it.
The call itself is fine in general, but that one's a no.
70AnonymousSep 27, 2026 14:15
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
“Calls” are a deeply rooted chant culture at Japanese idol shows, with a fixed pattern for each song — the newer a fan is, the fewer chances they’ve had to learn them. In Hello! Project, the crowd at any given venue tends to turn over quickly, so call volume is easily swayed by the ratio of new fans to veterans and by how many attendees are “at-home” (online-only) fans. The thread mixed pro-and-con takes — “it’s nicer to hear the singing when it’s quiet” versus “fans should raise their voices to match the members” — with comparisons to other groups that release call tutorial videos, plus complaints about the setlist and stage direction. Opinions split over whether to blame the audience or management/production. It’s also worth noting that only part of the original official-account post could be confirmed within the thread itself, so the sense that it was “provocative” owes a lot to individual fans’ interpretation.
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