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The story
Miu Kawashima, a member of Hello! Project group Juice=Juice, is set to appear solo in the October 14 issue of fashion magazine anan, sparking a buzz on the 5ch message boards. Thread posters weighed in with takes like “she’s entered the next phase — breaking through as an individual now,” while others brought up past examples of Hello! Project members landing spots in anan, eventually spiraling into a debate over whether the magazine can even still be called a fashion magazine.
What people said
#juicejuice #ジュースジュース #ハロプロ #Helloproject
she's entered the next phase of breaking through as an individual
Juice=Juice fans (ヲタ, "otaku") actually buy the stuff, that's exactly why the gigs keep coming
Is it this one?
Aikawa and others have been in it too
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcehEbWALzh/
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
anan (published by Magazine House) is a women’s weekly magazine that launched in 1970. In its early days it focused mainly on introducing overseas fashion, but over the years it has broadened its coverage to include beauty, lifestyle, and more. As pointed out in the thread, Hello! Project members have appeared in the magazine repeatedly over the years, with individual features piling up alongside full-group spreads. In this thread, some framed Miu Kawashima’s solo feature as “the next phase of breaking through as an individual,” while others noted that details like whether she’s credited or which issue number it is haven’t been confirmed — leaving opinions split until people actually see the printed pages for themselves.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Breaking] Juice=Juice’s Miu Kawashima-chan Lands a Solo Feature in Fashion Mag “anan” キタ━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━!!“.
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