A duet performed by Juice=Juice members Inoue and Danbara (Reiruru) on the September 4 broadcast of “Hamada Kayosai” went viral within about three hours, with the post racking up 473,000 views. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, many praised their vocal skill, with comments like “their harmony was so clean it sounded lip-synced.” At the same time, the show’s own household TV ratings came in at just 3.3%, and reactions split over how to interpret the gap between the buzz on social media and the low broadcast ratings.
What people said
4AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:39
Going viral is basically par for the course for them
5AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:40
It's not just Hello! Project fans posting 'come back again' — regular viewers were saying they want to see them again too. Goes to show they're really idols with mass appeal.
6AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:40
I'm not gonna like some unauthorized repost.
7AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:41
They're getting discovered exactly the way they deserve to be.
8AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:41
473k views, that's insane.
10AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:43
Reiruru's voice really carries — even first-time viewers go 'whoa.'
12AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:47
Wait, why!?
That's amazing.
13AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:47
Juice=Juice pulling off another landslide win, huh.
14AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:48
Not this self-promo stunt again.
15AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:48
Going viral like that basically doesn't happen unless people outside the fanbase are liking it too.
16AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:49
Ebata's photo went viral with 20k likes recently too — people said the photography was really good.
17AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:51
Hey there, old-timer — it's over here now~
18AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:51
Being able to just duet on a song they hadn't even practiced together shows how solid their fundamentals are.
20AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:53
Re: #18
Their harmony was so clean I thought, 'wait, is this lip-synced?'
23AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:57
Re: #18
Obviously it's staged, lol
19AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:52
Hamada Kayosai is a popular show, so getting booked on something like this is what makes you a top-tier idol.
22AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:55
Well, ANGERME is still way ahead when it comes to vocal skill though.
25AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:57
Singing aside, being a tall idol really is an advantage, I think.
26AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:58
I mean, the songs are obviously decided by the script — everyone practices the day before.
Re: #29
Hamada Kayosai was trending, so who cares about TV ratings that only reflect old folks watching anymore
49AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:21
Re: #29
Here comes the ratings-obsessed guy lmaooo
Of course it's low, the show itself is boring as hell
Honestly it was painful to watch
84AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:25
Re: #29
Maybe Hamada's show has just hit its limit
Though other networks are running out of ideas too
30AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:07
They smashed through the wall that used to trap Hello! Project inside its own bubble of 'no matter what we do, it's never good enough.' Bookings keep rolling in one after another, and they're setting a precedent that good members + skill + good songs can go viral — and yet people still go around hating on Juice=Juice. That's exactly why Hello! Project fans get a bad rap.
33AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:11
Re: #30
Seriously, this
Especially that copy-paste spam flooding from certain ANGERME fans — it's not doing anything but smearing ANGERME's own image
34AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:12
They've genuinely been on a winning streak this whole time
So did any other idols even put up a fight?
Beverly's in her own category as a proper singer, of course
37AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:16
Re: #34
Tsuzumin carried herself like a true celebrity
35AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:12
Juri Tanaka has fully clocked who Juice=Juice's leader and sub-leader are
36AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:13
Not a single weak link — it was an episode really worth watching.
39AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:17
This kind of showing might even be enough to carry the momentum through to 'Ebamifu' (fan nickname for another member pairing).
44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:19
There was one more
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45AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:19
I watched it but that scene where Jesse and Reirei were in sync, the one used in the promo, wasn't even in there. What was that image even from?
82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:25
Re: #16
Which tweet was Ebata's 20k-like viral one?
103AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:27
Re: #82
This one
93AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:26
Re: #82
Pretty sure it's that one with the four face shots
Though I don't fully remember
114AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:34
Funny how, even at this point, there are still tons of people tweeting that they just learned her name for the first time.
Background and Points of Debate
“Man-buzz” (万バズ) is slang for a social media post whose reactions — likes and the like — exceed 10,000, a metric distinct from raw view/impression counts. In the thread, two camps coexisted: those who took the strong response from viewers outside the Hello! Project fanbase as “proof of mainstream appeal,” and those who suspected the buzz was manufactured by insiders (self-promotion). Because the social media buzz and the show’s 3.3% household TV rating were being discussed side by side, opinions split over how to interpret the two figures together. TV household ratings tend to strongly reflect the viewing habits of older audiences, while social media reactions tend to reflect the interests of younger audiences — the thread itself never raises the premise that the two don’t necessarily align, but it’s worth keeping in mind when weighing these seemingly contradictory numbers.
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