If you are a classic fan who thought that the golden age of Hello!Project is long over and hasn’t tuned in for quite a few years, then you missed the brand new formation of S/mileage, made entirely of Hello!Pro Eggs, who are the new cute faces of hyperactive pop. For those of you who don’t know, or care, about Hello!Project, they are group formed of members of a “training group” if you will, pop-stars-to-be, who got the chance to become their own unit.

For three years, the group has had its share of line up changes and awards and lots of fun, cute, age appropriate singles. For me, their singles are hit or miss, and sometimes the ones I don’t like grow on me little by little. I don’t own their entire discography, and I don’t want to. While I do give them more of a chance than I ever gave C-ute (who I only like two singles out of their 18), every new single is a surprise – will I like it? Will I hate it? Is it original, or just a rehash of the same thing? Will the theme and concept be good, or just bizarre?

Now, their 11th single, Suki Yo Junjo Hankouki, finally with a very stable line-up, it’s the time of judgement. Will this be another smash hit, or will it be just be another single to pass over?

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