[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~sixxxxxx~

[KarenPang]

Honestly , ARASHI's latest single Ai wo Sakebe should have sold a bit more as for the 1st time in a very long time , all the songs in the single are great and the last single when they released which was an all rounder great one was 2013's Calling / Breathless as the B-sides in their singles are quite notorious to listen/remember unlike in the past where their B-sides were really good

When I went back to Tokyo at the last week of 2014 , when I was at Ueno waiting to cross the road , there was suddenly a van that pulled up that contained a big ARASHI promo for their show they host & many people (including male adults) scrambled in front to take photos even though it's not the real group themselves lol

And Johnnys who host their own TV programmes do play a part in their sales . Kanjani8 in the beginning weren't very popular (even though their older works are still better to me as it had an unique heavy Enka sound) but the TV shows they host , help them gain new ground

Also most Johnnys TV shows that they host , they tend not to take themselves seriously which's different from the image they portray to fans onstage and in their music

Likewise for the other senior groups that're still popular up to now . SMAP is still going strong after 24 years and V6 celebrates their 20th anniversary this year

If Johnnys start to mimic the same way that AKB48 market themselves (likewise for their sister groups) , I will leave the fandom immediately , no joke about it but since I've been in the Johnnys fandom from mid 2008 until now , I don't see this will ever happen (I hope)