I gave myself some challenges this year, mostly in order to give other groups a chance. Idols still dominate my music collection but I didn't forget to show Sakanaction, flumpool, Daigo and Becky (and a few more) my appreciation either.
Some challenges:

Give SKE, NMB & HKT a chance. I still am not crazy about SKE and I don't see NMB ever winning ( Read more... )

You may remember that one of my goals this year was to give TOKIO a chance. And I have been growing in the fandom.
As a KinKi fan, I always have thought Tomoya-baby is hysterical and I couldn't help but laugh at the craziness of TOKIO on shows like TokiKin. But still, they never really became a group I could say I was a solid fan of. They were too ( Read more... )

Seriously it's a surprise that I like Kanjani at all. I'm not a fan of Kansai humor and I can't stand "boys will be boys" attitude. While I liked their early single releases more or less, I found the guys incredibly vulgar. That really put me off of them for quite a while. I liked Yoko in dramas like Food Fight and I endured Ryo because he was part ( Read more... )

This is me we're talking about so it's time for a goofy entry! 2012 was a good year for my fandoms. But I've noticed I've been not showing enough love to Eito, T&T and TOKIO ~ what a shame since it was Eito's 8th and T&T's 10 anniversaries. Hey Say JUMP, NYC and Yuma also actually showed up on my radar this year...or I stopped feeling like a pervy ( Read more... )