So, since I have a fancy pants blog now (you can tell it’s fancy by the lack of a ‘current music’ feature), I figure I’ll go ahead and talk about… you guessed it… Milky Way.
Before I get into actual speculation, I’m going to go right ahead and do a little dreaming. After watching the Eggs in concert, I really want to see some of them doing something, and I’ve always had a soft spot for almost-Musume (aka Kikkawa Yuu, Suma Ai, Kashiwagi Yuki, Umeda Ayaka…), so to be honest if either Yuu or Ai are in it then I’ll be happy. There have been rumours both ways, I hear.
Apart from that though, I desperately want to see Umeda Erika getting the push she deserves! She’s absolutely gorgeous, her singing voice far outshines Maimi’s, and while her live voice isn’t amazing it’s at least better than some of them. Leader needs love too! Let’s not be pushing genuine talent way back in favour of the flavour of the week!
Okay, now on to what I actually think might happen. Milky Way – definitely sounds like a Kirarin Revolution unit name to me. Which means Koharu, who as the main character will need to stay the focal point. This of course means C-ute members (or even Eggs) would be perfect to fill in the remaining spots since they’re not as big as the Musume but still big enough that people know who they are… For member count, I’ll say an odd number overall. Either three or five, and five is pretty big so let’s go with three. Koharu + 2.
Why does this rule out Umesan? Simple – because she’s 7cm taller than the focal point, and even if you managed to find someone similarly lanky for the other side, poor Koha would be dwarfed. Let’s recap: the other two need to be shorter than Koharu, look like anime types, and not be too big in terms of name (not difficult next to the Miracle Musume).
This is where I got stuck, though, because the other two also need to not be busy. Immediately I thought of Airi and Momoko – but of course they have Buono!. Saki and Chisato? Atena & Co. Let’s assume that they’re not going to pick Eggs, because since it’s an anime unit (remember, we’re assuming) it’ll need some pimping… That leaves us with not a lot of options. From Berryz: Yurina, Chinami and Maasa are all too tall; Saki is arguably not anime enough. From C-ute: Maimi and Kanna aren’t anime enough; Umesan is too tall.
Et voila. Hagiwara Mai – remember Hikaru? – and none other than Sugaya Risako. All that’s left to worry about now is how to keep Risako from punching Koharu’s lights out; you can’t tell me she doesn’t remind you of Sawajiri Erika!
