November 2008 Purchases

Definitely the craziest month yet for H!P purchases. :P

These complete my Mikitty photobook collection:

• Ayaya to Mikitty
• Cheri

DVDs:

• Koto Mikku: Ue
• Koto Mikku: Shita
• Morning Musume Concert Tour 2002 Haru "LOVE IS ALIVE!"
• MilkyWay - TanTanTaan Single V
• Momusu Sakuragumi - Hare Ame Nochi Suki Single V
• Morning Musume Otomegumi Hatsukouen ~Otomechikku~

Gomaki CDs:

• Ai no Bakayarou RE
• Scramble LE (w/photobook)
• Daite yo! PLEASE HOLD ON LE (w/photobook & poster)
• Genshoku Gal Hade ni Yukube! LE (w/photobook)
• 3rd Station LE (w/cards)

Went a little crazy on the Ayaya:

• Dokki Doki! LOVE Mail RE
• Tropica~l Koishite~ru RE
• LOVE Namida Iro RE
• YOUR SONG ~Seishun Sensei~ LE (w/posters)
• The Bigaku RE
• Suna wo Kamu You ni... NAMIDA RE
• Egao RE
• Kizuna RE

Other CDs:

• Momusu Sakuragumi - Sakura Mankai RE
• Buono - Rottara Rottara LE (w/DVD)
• Berryz Koubou - MADAYADE RE
• Momusu Otomegumi - Yuujou ~Kokoro ni Busu ni wa Nara nee! RE
• Nakazawa Yuko - Dai 2 Shou ~Tsuyogari~ RE
• MilkyWay - TanTanTaan LE (w/card)

And, last but not least, Ayaya's 2009 calendar:


Some quick thoughts:
- Cheri is, in my opinion, the quintessential Mikitty photobook. It really just 'feels' like her, to me. If you're going to buy only one of her photobooks, I heartily recommend it be this one.
- I absolutely adore Koto Mikku (actually, it looks like I'm going to end up with an extra copy of each volume, if anyone is looking to buy or trade...), the old-school AM love is something that I can never get enough of.
- I'd been meaning to buy the Otomegumi concert for a long time, and now that I finally got around to it...undoubtedly worth both the wait and the money. Watch it, folks.
- Genshoku Gal is, without a doubt, my favorite Gomaki song. I can't help but turn my stereo way up when it comes on. XD
- Ayaya is awesome, plain and simple.
- Like Henkka has said so many times, Nakazawa Yuko is one of the most underrated H!P artists. While it's not there quite yet, I think her second album (the one pictured in this post :P) will end up in my top 5 H!P albums at some point. It's really that good.
- I still don't quite see what the big deal is about TanTanTaan...hopefully it'll catch on sometime, cause I want to like the single. I'm just not seeing the magic yet. >.<

And, with that, another month, another pile of H!P merch. Till next time.
- cfb