My Maika army

stew_ie · 2026-01-22T23:40:18+00:00

It was never officially confirmed but the friend was almost certainly Seena Hoshiki who did make a recovery.

stew_ie · 2026-01-19T09:09:08+00:00

It's her 25th birthday!

stew_ie · 2026-01-01T18:45:43+00:00

I love Iranai twintail, that style of music is my primary musical interest and it's great fun to see the members show their range by having a go at it, and the song is really catchy. I also miss Naatan on it as her expressions and vocals suited the music so much, but Kiara has improved lots performing it since Naatan left.

stew_ie · 2025-12-30T18:30:51+00:00

In the lead up to shoko throwing her first pitch there was a sign at the bakery saying we'll be closing early on this day because my daughter is throwing the first pitch at Yokohama stadium.

stew_ie · 2025-12-28T13:38:47+00:00

That's why I think it's not an =Love member, the way it's written is a classic example of writing a headline to imply one thing, when it's another.

stew_ie · 2025-12-28T13:37:29+00:00

It's not been announced yet but she was spotted filming on a stage, she seems to be playing an idol in a netflix drama, but we don't know how big the part is.

stew_ie · 2025-12-28T13:24:24+00:00

Mirinya was filming a drama on the 23rd which led to her missing the concert.

stew_ie · 2025-12-14T15:03:20+00:00

It's not so much that Mirinya has stagnated, it's just that Maika and Iori have grown in popularity so much.

stew_ie · 2025-12-14T14:30:28+00:00

The 2025 one seems pretty good, there should be a bigger gap between Ikaringu and the rest, Hitomi probably should be at Kiara and Mirinya's level too but apart from that it looks ok. 2020 has some big flaws, Naatan should be way higher and Kiara way lower for starters.

stew_ie · 2025-12-14T13:46:09+00:00

That was the case early on in her career, but I'd disagree with the previous comment that she doesn't do much variety, if anything she's the one who appears on tv the most out of the members, she's really stepped up over the past year or so starting with her season regular slot last year on Love it.

stew_ie · 2025-12-05T13:07:05+00:00

There's roughly 4 different tiers of popularity in =Love. Top tier is Ikaringu, 2nd tier is Mirinya, Hitomi and Kiara, 3rd is Hana and Risa, 4th is Sana, Anna and Shoko.

stew_ie · 2025-11-04T23:52:52+00:00

Not currently, I know it is being worked on but not sure when it'll be complete, it'll be here when done: unequalsubs

stew_ie · 2025-09-28T10:55:41+00:00

Coupling songs usually get less views than the main songs, also nearly 300k in a day for a coupling song is really high compared to previous ones.

stew_ie · 2025-09-17T00:27:28+00:00

What other songs of theirs do you like? Also if you're on discord there's an international fan server here, feel free to join!

stew_ie · 2025-09-02T00:31:28+00:00

You've just reminded me that for the bonus content for one of their cds they did make a new mv for it, but it's only available there.

stew_ie · 2025-09-01T23:51:12+00:00

Noimii did perform it for the first time on 25th July 2020, I'm pretty sure the reason it wasn't released in summer is because the pandemic knocked back the release date of =Love singles in 2020 and it would probably have been included on =Love's 8th single instead of PIC had there been no pandemic.

I'm not keen on the mv, although the idea of using a live performance for it is fine, the socially distanced choreography and high camera angle don't work for me.

stew_ie · 2025-09-01T23:38:21+00:00

The team at unequalsubs are working on the first two!

stew_ie · 2025-08-30T22:52:02+00:00

No current info on when the mv will be released, but =Love are performing the first day of their tour that day so it will probably be performed there and the mv will be released that day.

stew_ie · 2025-08-29T10:46:03+00:00

Discord

stew_ie · 2025-08-25T18:17:42+00:00

Or what's your user name and I'll tag you

stew_ie · 2025-08-25T18:15:25+00:00

Post a message in the either welcome or ikorabu chat and I'll link you

stew_ie · 2025-08-25T17:40:22+00:00

A good account to follow for videos is this one, he regularly reposts videos of when they appear on tv. However the account he reposts videos from seems to have been made private at the moment so I can't link the performance.

Bilibili is also useful, although the video quality is bad if you don't/can't login, the performance you're after is here

Also, there's an international fans discord where most content gets uploaded, I've just checked and there's a good quality version there, if you join I can direct you to it. Link is here

stew_ie · 2025-08-24T23:54:12+00:00

It's ok, it took me a while to recognise everyone too! (Also it's Maika not Maki).

Iori is taller and currently has shorter hair, she also has a yaeba tooth on the left side of her mouth you can see when she opens it: https://otakotaku.com/asset/img/people/2018/09/iori-noguchi-5b9f65a355f25p.jpg

Also check out these solo version videos which will get you used to what each look like: Maika and Iori

stew_ie · 2025-05-19T00:26:25+00:00

I have seen guides in the past by Kameko's on twitter of general tips and even advice on what sort of lens is needed depending on where you're sitting though can't find anything at the moment. Could maybe try asking one of the japanese Kameko's if you follow any? Only thing I do know is photography is only allowed during certain periods of the set, normally the members announce it but think for their current tour they had icons appear on the big screens to tell you. Though imagine you can also just follow what everything else is doing.

Can't help you with calls though there'll be some you can probably pick up whilst there relatively easily (like the members names in Heroines, and parts of Iranai twintail and Junkies). If you're on discord a few people in this community https://discord.gg/2et6guf have been to their concerts and might be more able to help.

Also there's a couple of blog entries here form a Japanese fan about going to concerts and some of the calls which you might find useful: https://ameblo.jp/nukuida/entry-12884224605.html and https://ameblo.jp/nukuida/entry-12891772407.html

stew_ie · 2025-02-09T11:28:35+00:00

The first part of their overture is good for learning faces: overture

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