tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post7870030052324606899..comments2024-02-17T01:11:16.178-05:00Comments on Nia's Wonderland: Hey Guys I'm Not DeadNiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-43333939713646469832019-01-08T03:45:06.193-05:002019-01-08T03:45:06.193-05:00Hello Nia, Can you solve the MYSTERY. Why is Tomom...Hello Nia, Can you solve the MYSTERY. Why is Tomomi Kasai now called Tomomi Kawanishi? No news of any marriage so what gives?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002602350388243039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-11935105998631499012018-08-12T07:01:45.043-04:002018-08-12T07:01:45.043-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.2.5TThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883184716271847424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-64369296742686123292018-04-13T00:51:46.539-04:002018-04-13T00:51:46.539-04:00Hi! Just like the anon above me, I just found your...Hi! Just like the anon above me, I just found your blog a few min ago! I was looking for Okada Yukiko info and I was brought here. I liked your post about it and decided to eyeball your blog. Love your style of writing. Hope you post some more, if not have a great life lol!potatonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-27404870755811309162018-02-07T05:10:29.008-05:002018-02-07T05:10:29.008-05:00Hi Nia i just discovered your blog a few hours ago...Hi Nia i just discovered your blog a few hours ago and i really enjoyed reading your posts here.Ive been a fan of jpop for almost 2 years now and i was just randomly surfing the web and I found your blog.too bad your'e not gonna update anymore oh well hope you have a good day/life :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-29187843347861640082018-01-30T18:39:29.473-05:002018-01-30T18:39:29.473-05:00My dear Nia !!
I'm so glad to see that you...My dear Nia !!<br /><br />I'm so glad to see that you're alive and well, and that you came for a last goodbye. I was so much worried about you and your wonderland.<br /><br />I want to thank you, Nia. Thank you so, so much. You're the person that made me love J-pop and idols. When I first came accross your blog in 2014, it was on your PV review of Spending All My Time. I had just discovered Perfume and I was seeking for somebody else who loved that group. At school, people mocked me about it, and your wonderland came at the right time. I absolutely loved your articles, because each time they made me come upon new artists. It's thanks to you that I fell in love with AKB48's (older) songs, BiS, Oomori Seiko, Babymetal and many more. You practically changed my life. I cannot spend a day without putting my earphones on with some good japanese music. With your words and your reviews, I have a wide range of idols and other japanese artists. <br /><br />I understand your decreasing interest about idols. The wotas topic is becoming more and more critical. In my case, I can no longer ignore the fact that their omnipresence and their sometimes suspect commitment to their favorite members is what makes idols live. I cannot either hide that I'm not really following AKB48 because of these goddamn bland songs they have to release every single. I'll stick to their older tunes. Did I say that, without you, I would never had listened to Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou, my all-time favourite idol song ?<br /><br />I wish I could get to know you in real life, Nia. To talk with you about reviews, blogging or Oomori Seiko's last album (which as you said was amazing) But even if it will probably never happen, I'm sure you are an amazing girl. Never doubt of your writing talent. <br /><br />I have one last question for you : what is your favorite song on Kitixxxgaia ? For me, I'd say Kimi ni Todoku na, but I want to know yours. <br /><br />Again, thank you so much for everything, dear Nia ! I wish you nothing but the best in your life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350194119069179207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-55382579988598953552018-01-29T23:59:56.486-05:002018-01-29T23:59:56.486-05:00Welcome Back Nia!!!!
Welcome Back Nia!!!!<br />Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10249153982229776740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-68676884603934940902018-01-21T20:52:21.609-05:002018-01-21T20:52:21.609-05:00Yep. Still alive. I figured it was the polite thin...Yep. Still alive. I figured it was the polite thing to do.<br /><br />Later gater.Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-60997539310134618982018-01-21T20:46:16.041-05:002018-01-21T20:46:16.041-05:00Oomori Seiko is one of my faves. I still find the ...Oomori Seiko is one of my faves. I still find the Okaka Yukiko story incredibly sad. I wish I could find more information on the case, but I think I'd have to learn Japanese to do more research. Even then, I don't think we'll ever know why Yukko decided to end her life. I'm happy you got something out of the article; it only makes me fonder of the time I spent writing on the Wonderland. Thank you :)Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-45237033138403506232018-01-21T20:36:58.425-05:002018-01-21T20:36:58.425-05:00What can I say!!!! I'm full of disappointments...What can I say!!!! I'm full of disappointments ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-4837737709708795622018-01-21T16:25:31.604-05:002018-01-21T16:25:31.604-05:00I just discovered you literally an hour ago, and n...I just discovered you literally an hour ago, and now you're leaving. <br /><br />Figures.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556581366489958405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-63851964930059149012018-01-18T13:21:30.657-05:002018-01-18T13:21:30.657-05:00Hi Nia. I was going through my e-mails and I wrote...Hi Nia. I was going through my e-mails and I wrote to you almost 5 years ago about your Okada Yukiko article. You wrote such an elegant, well written reply that I wanted to thank you again for taking the time to do so. It lead me to checking your blog again and you had updated it this year! Just want to wish you all the best. Oomori Seiko is still amazing.Jean and Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882043198802278934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-35785544455647058562018-01-12T00:08:29.126-05:002018-01-12T00:08:29.126-05:00She's alive
Closure, finally
Bye, Nia.She's alive<br />Closure, finally<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bye, Nia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634637843447016522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-29946625370624946592018-01-11T04:22:49.504-05:002018-01-11T04:22:49.504-05:00Nia, I missed you! And I will continue missing you...Nia, I missed you! And I will continue missing you, from here on out.<br /><br />It's understandable why you've stopped writing about J-Pop, and that your tastes have changed as you've grown. It's normal for people to realise things as they grow in age and in writing, and whilst I am saddened by the fact I won't ever read your beautiful words here again, I'm happy to see that you are well and that you're walking down a road that is making you as a person happy.<br /><br />But, please, I want to keep in contact with you... You were one of my closest, best blogging friends out there in the world wide web, and I adored and loved you so much. The fact you live(d) on Tumblr, and I on Facebook, probably doesn't help as much I suppose, but I want to try and keep contact somehow, because you're my dear friend, and I've missed the Hell outta you.<br /><br />I'm glad you're safe. I am glad you are well. I am so thankful that you're happy. I am glad you have new music loves and that you still adore Perfume. But, I will forever miss your writing, and envy how poetic and amazing your blogs were worded. I will forever be envious of that fact, because you are an incredible blogger, one of the best I have ever come across.<br /><br />Thank you for all your years of hard work, and thank you for letting us know you are well.<br /><br />Now... CONTACT. ME. WOMAN. D8< (PS. I LOVE YOU)Chiimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701328512389573612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-44782218711348377102018-01-10T20:58:16.862-05:002018-01-10T20:58:16.862-05:00Kind of the same for me in terms of checking this ...Kind of the same for me in terms of checking this blog. I hadn't checked it in a least a year. I was equally surprised to see a barrage of comments asking where I was (my favorite being "fck u nia u abandoned us"). I have a lot more friends who are into K-pop than J-pop so I get more K-pop recs - I forgot to mention I like this one K-pop singer named Lim Kim! Her voice is lovely. And yeah, it's hard to follow a group when you don't recognize anyone anymore.<br /><br />I'm happy I could provide you some closure. Thank you so much for reading!!Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-7721203813157534322018-01-10T20:51:30.494-05:002018-01-10T20:51:30.494-05:00Oh man, I'm sorry if I caused any concern! It&...Oh man, I'm sorry if I caused any concern! It's easy to forget my online activities have an impact. I can't promise any new posts, but who knows? Maybe someday I'll have another life update to share or Perfume will do something crazy.<br /><br />Thank you!Niahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133294050947014008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-16078551073272289242018-01-08T19:54:17.974-05:002018-01-08T19:54:17.974-05:00After keeping my RSS subscription for so long, I n...After keeping my RSS subscription for so long, I never thought I'd see one of your posts again! It's nice to know you're alive and doing well, and that you're still writing. I wish you the best of luck in any of your future affairs, and if you decide to fall again in the rabbit hole, these Wonderlanders will be waiting for you. I will surely be, and my RSS subscription will not go anywhere.<br /><br />I can understand the reasons for you to stop following the idol culture, but one of those scandals actually brought a really different light on the subject: one HKT48 girl actually got married and decided to graduate, even after Akimoto and the producing team tried to convince her otherwise, going as far as to change her entire Team schedule to give her more time. Off the stage, though, the audience and most of the press badmouthed her for even considering marriage as an idol. What most idol staff said happens to be true, the no-dating rule does not exist nowadays. Especially in AKB48, after all Akimoto married to an idol he produced in the 80's. The press and the worshipper wota are the only ones believing this, and their heavy assaults to mental health are the only thing stopping them.<br />It's sad to see that these so-proclaimed fans can't support the happiness of those girls that literally waste their youth trying to give them happiness.<br /><br />Serious topics aside, as most of my interest in idol culture is the production aspect, I keep following it, from a safe distance.<br /> It's nice to see that even with Tsunku not doing most of the current H!P sound, his production style and approach to music still goes strong, and his works outside of the Up Front bubble are just amazing to follow; his lyrics got really deep after his recovery, the subtle edge you could only see on his early Morning Musume songs. I never thought I'd heard a 4 minute song about self-consciousness coming from an idol group, and yet Tell Me Why Umareta Kita Imi wo Shiritai (Tell Me Why, I Want To Know Why I Was Born) exists and somehow works.<br /> And my vision of Aki-P changed in these three years. After falling head-first on Kayo-Kyoku, City Pop and Bubble Culture, my thoughts about J-POP as a whole changed. And Aki-P, like the songwriters of his generation (basically, 1970 to 1985), are in this weird phenomenon in which they do kayo-kyoku and try to sell it as J-Pop. This got really evident in 11-gatsu no Anklet, where even the arrangement smells like Showa. In the current idol market, filled with rock and metal musicians switching guitars for synhths, his sound comes as lacking, but after you shred this standard you see that the guy who made some of the most meaningful idol songs of the late 2000s is still there.<br /><br />Of course, that's when we're talking about the fall singles. The others are mostly terrible and made to sell and I support the heavy critics.<br /><br />As for the 46 groups, that actually have a collective name (Sakamichi Series), they are kinda like the current H!P: without its mastermind on the wheel, the staff goes crazy creative. And Keyakizaka46 is the most polished rough diamond I've seen in ages. When would you expect a mass-appeal group singing "I'd rather have my throat slit than mindlessly agreeing to everything" while doing what I can only describe as an intimidation dance on public TV? They did it, and it always looks amazing. You can probably see I like them by the amount of stuff I wrote.<br /><br />As for the recognition factor, I was never good at remembering of recognizing most from the start, so all those departures did nothing to my interest.<br /><br />I guess what I missed the most was those points, these things that make you think even when it wasn't the actual intention. Seeing you write and give your opinion makes me want to write and share mine as well, and this is certainly a thing that only happens here. Even if you stop writing on the Wonderland, don't ever lose this writing. And let us see your work sometime!<br /><br />Best regards from your avid reader, and may our virtual paths cross again sometime ^^Atsuke Akiyamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396735039728784367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-19706034393542377392018-01-07T15:52:39.038-05:002018-01-07T15:52:39.038-05:00I used to check your blog for a while since your l...I used to check your blog for a while since your last post, but I hadn't checked in probably a year or two when I came on here today. I can't say how surprised I was to see this! It's good to hear from you again (and find out you're not dead lol). Thanks for the short wrap up of artists; I'll look more into the ones you recommend. I have to admit, since 2015 my taste has gone much more towards kpop. With AKB48, everyone I recognised/loved left, and same for H!P... Anyway, thanks for the closure. You were one of my favourite j-pop bloggers. I wish you all the best!SophieShiorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172272664466373986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609550972819764448.post-86998600634295760612018-01-06T15:43:16.550-05:002018-01-06T15:43:16.550-05:00Oh my! Thank god you're still alive (seriously...Oh my! Thank god you're still alive (seriously). I even put up on twitter questioning abt ur whereabout. It's like I lost contact with my best friend and don't know what to do....to talk abt perfume and rant the 48s.I understand the whole thing you've mentioned in this blog but please at least say hi to us sometimes on this blog (sometimes) and of course, perfume ✌<br /><br />Your (concerning) #1 fan,<br />😂Eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372203026712094498noreply@blogger.com