Saturday, May 23, 2009

Wota Wonderings 4- Just how shallow are you?

Welcome to Wota Wonderings! We are a group of english-speaking Japanese music bloggers brought together once a month to answer questions posed by johpan. We strive to be creative and entertaining, and we may even shed a bit of new light on interesting musical and cultural topics. Any questions about how we work should be directed to johpan. Don’t forget to check out the other posts from this month at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!


The topic this time around is:


Hoping we’re not all shallow wotas, imagine your favourite idol (or musical personality) switched bodies with someone you don’t find “visually pleasing”, would it affect your love for that idol in any way/shape/form?


So this question is a little hard to answer, mostly because I don't want to come off as being shallow. When in real life looks don't matter to me at all. But, I'm not going to lie to seem like a better person. The honest truth is looks matter, and probably a lot. I guess because that kind of thinking is so common among lots of wotas out there, I don't really feel that bad for thinking that way. In the world of idols you learn that looks and personality trump vocal ability. When I first got into idols, there was a time when I wouldn't bother learning an idol's name if they weren't pretty or hot enough. But since than I realized that's really stupid.



Kusumi Koharu:

I think Koharu is the only idol out there I legitimately like for personality and vocals. Most people say she can't sing, but I really love her voice. I really love Koha's energetic and over the top personality. It's what drew me to her in the first place. And the fact that she's too cute for words is just a bonus.




NEWS:

NEWS has been my favorite JE group, since I got into JE almost a year ago. They became my favorite mostly because of their cute and catchy Jpop songs. But they remained my favorite and closest followed JE group because I find all 6 of the members attractive on some level. I can honestly say I do know a lot about NEWS. But I also probably wouldn't know as much as I do if they were ugly. Sorry, it's the truth.


Nishikido Ryo:

But my favorite NEWS member and favorite JE member is Ryo-chan. I first started to like Ryo because he looked really hot in a suit in the Weeeek PV. I mostly like Ryo because he's hot. Hot face and hot body. His face might wrinkle and look ugly when he smiles but that's ok. Even though Ryo has a husky and unique voice I still think he is #5 vocally within NEWS. He's not that bad of a singer, it's just that the rest of NEWS outshines him. Except Shige. XD But I do really like Ryo's sinister, I'm better than everyone else personality. Cause it's hot. X_X


AKB48:

I first heard about AK48 a few years back. I was really interested in hearing their songs because they were similar to H!P's songs. Before I actually listened to their songs I decided to see what they looked like first. After I saw a picture of them I remember thinking that they were really ugly. So instead of listening to them anyway, I decided not to based on their looks. But recently I started to listen to a few of their songs and realized they're actually not that bad. I'm still not a full blown AKB48 fan though, because honestly I'd rather listen to the prettier girls of H!P. I would.



Hey! Say! JUMP:


HSJ is a pretty decent idol group. They have a few good songs like Mayonaka no Shadow Boy, Brave Story, etc. And yet as much as I want to become a HSJ fan, something is always stopping me. Even though I hate to admit it's looks that are stopping me. Hey! Say! JUMP is currently the largest JE group out there, with 10 members. And yet out of the 10 I only think Yuto, Yamada, and Yabu are attractive. Inoo is mediocre looking. And Chinen might be hot in like 2 or 3 years. ._.






So yeah I guess looks are really important to me. And I guess that makes me shallow. I don't really know what else to say. I guess with celebrities I feel I can judge them all I want. That's essentially what everyone does anyway. When they say this singer is hotter than that singer.

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