Seriously, the new songs on the Petit Best 10 album are getting bad reviews, from what I have seen, at least. I will go through and explain why.

Pettitmoni V’s Pira! Otome no Negai
I’m really not a fan of the lineup for this group, so I never expected much from them. However, this song is so catchy and fun, I really couldn’t help but love it. In many ways, its like a Bubblegum Pop Style song. Normally I hate it when songs repeat constantly, but the “Porapiraporaporapo” or whatever stuff is really fun. Although not exactly like the original, its a revival group, they aren’t going to be exactly the same. The song itself has a similar to sound to the songs Pettitmoni released with Goto, Yoshizawa, and Yasuda in the group, so not all ties were lost. Its certainly different, but definitely not a bad difference.

Tanpopo#’s Umbrella
This screams Tanpopo. Really. The whole “more classic and sweet” feel along with the familiar chords really makes it hard to not think of it as a proper song for Tanpopo. Its pretty similar to “Otome Pasta ni Kandou”. Sure it doesn’t have the charm of Yaguchi, Kago, Iida, and Ishikawa, but its pretty much impossible to perfectly immitate them, they were such strong personalities. Despite this, I enjoy this new lineup. They all have potential ahead of them to become better performers, and I’d like to watch them each grow. Besides, Umbrella is pretty catchy, and who can’t love a group with Kamei and Okai in it?

Aa!’s Yume to Genjitsu
This is the strangest song with the “Da…Uh!”‘s. It reminds me Rhythm Heaven. Haha. However, it impresses me how the three sound together. I’ve been able to see the growth of Miyabi and Airi through Buono!, but I find it incredibly impressive that Saho Akari is able to sing so maturely without having as much training as the other two have had. I would really like to see more from these three. Although I do miss Reina being in the line-up, its alright, she has her place in High-King. The song itself is sort of strange, but I do believe it is fitting for this new Aa!.

Shin Minimoni’s Pen Pen Kyoudai
I believe Linlin is a good fit for Minimoni. I feel like kids would easily like her. The girls are too cute. I already loved Fukuda Kanon and Takeuchi and Miyamoto are just too cute. Adorable. Songwise, its really what you would expect for starters. Yes, I do agree, its not as fun as Jankenpyon. Still, its somewhere to start, and I believe Tsunku/Shin Minimoni have picked up the essence of the fun in Minimoni. If this group was pushed to be popular, I’m pretty sure it would be great.

High-King’s DESTINY LOVE
Okay. The title to this song is totally lame. However, this song stays in the genre of High-King’s R&B-like feel. It also reminds me of early Utada Hikaru songs from her Exodus album. It is undeniable that I like this group. Its slower, and although its not really the kind of song I’d listen to, there is something about Aichan, Reina, Maeda, Maimi and Saki that make me like this song. I feel like they are popular enough that they would be fairly succesful if they continued to put out songs, and I would like to see more from them.

I think it would be amazing is Tsunku would invest a lot of time in each of these groups. That might not be possible, but if it is, I am pretty confident that each of these groups would be successful. What I really want to see is more of the new V-u-den. I loved “ONLY YOU” from the Chanpuru album.

Byebye!