she even said it herself that they are her best charm points

Haha i'll be doing them soon dont worry!!!

@@NeonReaperReacts Make sure to have a bathroom break first, the Nendo Test vid is pretty long! But well worth it! So much cuteness to see ;)

@@NeonReaperReacts I'm really looking forward to it! :)

I realize I am kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good site to watch newly released series online?

@Felix Gunner lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

And his birthday is coming up on Feb 12th, followed by Sara Kurashima on the 24th. :)

Yeah, puff-puff! :D @Neon, you really need to react to the old nendo tests! :)

@@schelin1447 YEAH- Deffo!!! Big fun.

I always appreciate Marippe-chan supporting Su on the "Harry-san" answer. Things like that are just reality in Horiuchi-world. :D

He must watch the Nendo Test. Those were the great moments of SG!

Watch her eyes in a live performance video.,

My feeling is Su-chan and Su-metal have merged. She talked Su-metal and about how they are getting closer in the 'monster interview': "At that time, I realized that there is a ‘me’ who is different from the normal, day to day, ‘me’. From that point on I started to look upon a Babymetal ‘me’ that is different from my everyday self. That feeling has not changed from that point to now, and now there is a ‘me’ that enjoys performing as that separate personality. At times I am able to view myself from a 3rd person perspective and my usual self is kind of able to design my other self you could say to do things in a more interesting manner. Doing things like this I am able to enjoy things from my side of things. Since I am now of the understanding that there are things that ‘this me’ can do there are things that most likely only this created version of myself can do. I would not go so far as to say it is a manga like character but I do at times feel that this version of myself will be completely fine with whatever she does. And so I feel that there is nothing I can not do in a live performance. " .. "When you listen to Metal it is not a listening that takes place with your ears, but is rather something that enters your heart and mind and strikes you emotionally. I think that when you listen to music with your usual approach you do so with your ears, but when you go to a live show it hits you with a stab to the heart and it flips your normal common sense on its head. And so I feels to me that this existence known as Su-metal is a totally different type of personality that completely out of the ordinary, you see. So when I attempt to deal with this character as just another human being because she is so far removed from myself we get into fights with each other. So, rather than deal with Su-metal in that manner if I let her have some space away from me I am able to look upon her from an objective position and even cheer her on - I am able to give her advice and support you could say. If we were one and the same person I think I would be afraid to make mistakes. " ... "The instant I discovered this other face of mine, and this goes for the music that drew this out of me as well, I was thought that more than anything it was truly interesting that I have been able to see this other face. It is as if there is a monster existing in my heart and mind. I thought to myself what would happen if I were to let that monster go free. And when I let snapped it away from myself it flew off and away freely. Ever since that time she only makes her appearance in live performances. Now in her freedom she continues to grow bigger and bigger as she moves around wildly in her natural state. When I came to realize what was happening her existence came to be extremely important to me. And that is how I feel about this other entity. " .. "Honestly the more we do live shows the more I want to keep performing. I am extremely grateful for being able to perform as Babymetal and to be able to thus meet up with this side of myself and yet every time we do a show I wonder to myself if this is OK. Meaning I worry have gotten to a place where I am not able to stop doing this. Su-metal allows me to expel from myself the things that I don’t like that are hidden deep inside of myself along with any stress I may have - all of the things like that. So, if this girl were to hide away, and I had to return to my old self, I think it would be a really difficult thing to do. " .. "like my heart and mind totally open up, and even though my body is totally tired out, or rather perhaps in proportion to that, my mind, heart and spirit and all that are all set totally free. Because of that I am pretty sure that the live shows get rid of my stress. Also, I feel like I have gotten stronger…when we have completed a show that is. There is a feeling of having gotten stronger by playing a fighting style of game, right? " .. "I personally do not think I am particularly stoic. I just simply and honestly enjoy doing the live shows and they have become kind of an addiction. They may be hard and tough but because I know how incredibly wonderful is the sense of accomplishment when I have overcome those difficulties is what makes me keep going. " .. " I do have a strong desire to bring people along through the power of song. This is because being at the center position when we do live performances I have the feeling that it is my role to lead on the two girls at my side, the band members, the staff and all of the fans as well. I hope that that sense of responsibility will come together with my singing and I will be able to lead all of this along as we move ahead. " .. "There is a sense of pride that goes along with taking up the center position. I surely have the sense of being supported by everyone but also I most definitely have the feeling that am in a position where I must lead everyone on as well. And also, because I have the tangible realization that I am growing and developing through the help of everyone’s power with each show that we do I also know that I must continue to grow in light of the meaning behind this. " .. "What I think regarding the existence known as Su-metal at the moment is that up until now I have kind of said to her, ‘Please, go out and have fun’ and have let her fly around and do as she wants in freedom, but now perhaps I could say that I am able to tell her to ‘come back’ as is proper for her to do. I think that because my mind has opened up that much to try and accept her existence. Up to now it has been as if she was just running around at her own heart’s desire and the tale of Babymetal was also moving on and being created in and of its own accord and it felt like for some reason that I was just watching that objectively. Even now I think it is like that to some extent, but recently I get the sense that I myself am also now a part of all that. And so, my own growth and development and the growth and development of Su-metal are proceeding ahead at the same time and pace and in addition to that the growth and development of Babymetal is also proceeding along simultaneous with these two. I feel that perhaps the opportunities for me to enter into the tale of Su-metal have increased. I have the sense that I have been able to allow the existence known as Su-metal to enter more into myself and we have become closer in distance to each other. "

here is the link to the (translated) interview: www.allthingsjapan.org/rockin-on-interview-with-su-metal-2016-may/

@@autohmae Where is that from? Haven't seen that before.

@@autohmae Oh wait you posted it and I just didnt get the notification sorry lol

底なし沼だとも知らずにね・・・。

Always delightful seeing Su and Mariri together like that (which also really displays what a tall 12 year old Mariri was). It was sad to have to lose both Hiroshima girls in the same graduation. Fortunately, in 2018, Sakura Gakuin got a third Hiroshima girl Neo Satou. :D

Maybe more of a scatterbrain than airhead. It seems to not be uncommon with creative minds. :D

@@0okamino LOL perhaps :)

It would be hilarious if someone build a DeLorean model go-cart for Su. That would be very compact. Of course, it would still have to include a CD player in the console. ;)

@@0okamino There is an internet meme of Su posing in front of a DeLorean, with Yui and Moa staring out bewildered behind the front fender.

Lucky for Su that Moa is such a kind, forgiving girl. :D

@@0okamino youre right but how can you not forgive su? :3

I sure don't want to find out what that might take. O.O

@@0okamino the only way i can imagine : Omae wa mou shindeiru :D

I don't know. I mean, she has already trolled Moa with the mic, and hengao, laughed at her tears (though to be fair, at the time, Moa was pointing out that laughter was a strong trait for Su), and even hit her with the kitsune mask before. She's clearly made of tougher, and more forgiving stuff.

"Nendo" means "year". In the SG context, it means "school year".

@@MrFloppyHare Thx man you saved my day :-)

@@baumi-metal9123 You're welcome. Kitsune up!

年度 It can also refer to 'fiscal year', so it matches up with the business side as well as the school context. :)

@@0okamino thx alott

It's not that bad. 2 of the alphabets are the same with just different characters and alphabets are pretty easy to learn. The kanji make reading easier and the necessary ones are not that much harder to learn than it is to learn English spelling.

Well, they start learning Japanese very early over there. :D

@@0okamino - She was 13 years old and was writing stuff wrong. Clearly it's hard.

@Scott Humphreys - Undoubtedly so. Kanji and shoelaces. ;) Hiragana and katakana aren't particularly difficult. If I'm not mistaken, however, it's common for adults to only learn a certain amount of kanji (which can still be a lot). Some kanji is redundant, not commonly used, and/or archaic, so they aren't such a requirement. It's definitely a task, though. The part that tends to bewilder me is _stroke order_ for writing.

@@0okamino - Well, you have to know if it's water or grass or fire right? Isn't it like pokemon? But you can write everything with the katakana? Why use all 3? it makes no sense. The kids could be learning something else instead of wasting all that time on 3 writing systems. I took Spanish and it was a little weird because you have to know the sex of everything. Everything has a sex. A pencil is male and a pen is female. A schoolbus is male and a school is female. It's a pretty easy language though.