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The story
On 5ch’s Hello!Project board, a thread popped up about which Juice=Juice YouTube videos have racked up the most views. Thanks to the buzz around their recent hit “Moreme” (盛れミ), songs from five or even ten years ago have been getting bumped down the rankings one after another — and since 4 of the top 10 videos have Kirari Miyamoto (“Karin-chan”) as the thumbnail, some commenters declared “Karin-chan’s on top.” Meanwhile, tracks by Sayuki Takagi and Ruru Danbara also keep pulling in solid support, and some praised how members from every era are landing a balanced spread across the rankings.
What people said
No way anyone like that actually exists
Guess "Moreme" burned that down to ash in an instant…
with "Bitansan" (微炭酸, "Faint Fizz") rotating in as the extra pick each show
I've only heard her name mentioned here
I still don't know what she's actually like
"Pop Music" and "Suki tte Itte yo" also got a pandemic-era boost
If so, the only Tsunku song left in the top 10 will be "Romance"
Don't need Tsunku
she's someone who survived the cutthroat entertainment industry
and came out on top of it,
so when she does a solo YouTube stream,
you can feel the showbiz killer instinct radiating off her,
and watching it gives me cold sweat more than joy
Because they're doing it on tour
— I only just found out there was an MV for it myself
Same here for me
though if "Moreme" hadn't blown up this big, it might've ended up being my favorite instead
Docking points on something just because it went viral? That's just old-guard gatekeeping
The saying "Juice=Juice is the best no matter the era" isn't an exaggeration at all
Yeah, that really is a good balance
1. Danbara
2. Danbara
3. Miyazaki
4. Kanazawa
5. Miyazaki
6. Miyazaki
7. Kanazawa
8. Uemura
9. Uemura
10. Miyazaki
11. Danbara
12. Uemura
13. Danbara
14. Danbara
15. Miyazaki
16. Takagi
Okuhara, radiating Eros (the life/love drive)
Who's Okuhara?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Within Hello! Project, Juice=Juice members are grouped and referred to by “era” based on when they joined — the Kanazawa era, Miyazaki era, Uemura era, Danbara era, and so on. Karin Miyamoto, whose name came up in the thread, graduated from the group in 2020 and now works as a solo artist — she is not a current member. The skew pointed out in the thread — “4 of the top 10 have Karin-chan thumbnails” — reflects a phenomenon where a viral new song drives viewers back to catch up on older releases on YouTube, and doesn’t necessarily reflect the popularity of the songs themselves. The fact that new and longtime fans gravitate toward different members is also a sign of the group’s ongoing generational turnover.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project board) thread “[Images] Juice=Juice’s YouTube Channel Top-Viewed Videos wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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