MMerry., Berryz, C-utie, Juice=y, S/miley, Mitsui Christmas!

I'm going into this with no idea what I'm gonna actually say, but I assure you that my opinion will most probably be involved somehow... Deal with it. Oh and MMerry Christmas!

HEY GUYS! So, uhm... I've kinda gotten sick of Christmas... the Holiday which is supposed to bring cheer and joy to everyone just ends up bringing paranoia and stress. So what better to do then blog? Plus I feel like I owe it to at least do some sorta Christmas special blog post. So... uhh.. here it is... I've got 0 inspiration whatsoever right now, though, so I'm kinda making this up as I go along.

On a random note: I FRIGGEN LOVE THE MOMUSU CHRISTMAS COSTUMES THIS YEAR. OMG. <333

Anyway, I figure there's nothin better than a little music for Christmas, right? Right. So I guess I'll just put down some of my Christmas jams so you people can give them a listen, okay? Okay. That sounds do-able.

Wa~ MERRY PIN X-mas! is far from my first choice, but it's one of them, and it's the first to come to mind since a friend did a parody dub of it for Christmas. That was "Wa~ Merry-pon Christmas" by Nerupyon if you wanna check that out. This song is originally a duet by Shigepinku (Michishige Sayumi) and Kohappinku (Kusumi Koharu) (Also known as Rainbow Pink, I believe?) on Morning Musume's 7.5 mini fuyu album thing. The title, "Merry Pin-Christmas," is a pun of sorts. The kind where you take two words that end/begin with the same thing and put them together? Anyway, in this case, it's short for "Merry Pink Christmas," but since Pink ends with "KU" and Christmas starts with "KU" they combine it into (in japanese pronunciation) "PIN.KU.RISUMASU" which I find quite creative. The song overall I enjoy as it brings out the cute personalities of the two girls, especially in the "e~ e~" parts in the choruses.

One of my favorite winter/Christmas songs, and not even H!P, is Winter Love Story by JYONGRI. The video has a bit of a Wintertime Cinderella theme to it, though the song isn't like that at all unless it's the "Winter Love Story" being referred to. Anyway, one of the things I love about this song is the fact that it's a half and half song! Half Japanese, half English. I always seem to have a weakness for songs like this. Plus, this girl has some amazing pronunciation in both languages. The overall song is so sweet, and yeah, it's not technically a "Christmas" song, but I said MY Christmas jams, so that means "song I like to listen to at Christmas-time." Be grateful that this one is at least Winter-y, cause one I got on my mind isn't even that ;3

I really love Santa-san by Momoiro Clover Z! It's a really cute song about believing in, awaiting, pleading to, etc Santa. It's pretty fun when they joke about Australia having Christmas in Summer and go on with a parody of their own song Coco☆Natsu. Santa-san is probably in my top 5 MomoClo songs (though that's not saying much since I only regularly listen to 6-7, but that's aside the point!)

I know there we a lot of people who poked fun at this song, primarily because of the outfits, but you know what? I love this song AND the outfits. So yeah. Those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: The song is titled "Samui ne." which means "It's cold." so a lot of people made fun that "If you would dress properly, maybe you wouldn't be so cold." But, honestly, where I live, it can be "cold" to me, but I'll be wearing something as light as that, so it really doesn't bother me much. Anyway, this song is a really nice listen at Christmas time, especially when I'm in a sad mood and don't really wanna listen to something all happy and cheery. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChV0hbFW00o

For some reason the video won't show up when I try to do the whole video thing... anyway, remember when I said a Christmas Jam that isn't even technically winter-y? Yep, this is one of those things ;) Morning Musume's Mickey Mouse March ~ Matsuura Aya's Disney Medley is a pair of songs that for reason I find especially enjoyable at this time of year. Why? Heck if I know. But anyway, these two songs consist of a cute little Mickey Mouse theme-like song by Morning Musume from Platinum Era, and a Disney Medley by Matsuura Aya from a dinner performance, if I'm correct. The Medley consists of the Japanese versions fo Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, Bippity Boppity Boo, and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The Japanese versions of these songs are SO much better than the English, especially the last one (hell if I'm typing that word again), and it's such a fun medley.

I always forget how much I love this song until I listen to it again! Shiroi Tokyo by ZYX may be one of my favorite one-shot unit songs ever (yes, I consider ZYX a one-shot unit even though the got 2 singles. I feel the same about DEF.DIVA too). Everytime it reminds me just how much I miss Megumi. I really shouldn't be saying this, since she was already gone when I got into H!P, but I don't care! Megumi is, was, and always will be my all-time favorite H!P Kid. Oh yeah, the song. Shiroi Tokyo's biggest weakness, in my opinion, is the fact it's 100% solos. I really would have liked to hear some group lines, like they tend to do when they make concert versions of the song. 

Kotatsu no Uta ~jyuken story~ is a really important song to me, especially around this time of year. It reminds me of two of my dear friends who, between the three of us, all of our MoMusu top Oshi's are in this one song. This song, like Wa~ MERRY PIN X'mas was on the 7.5 mini fuyu album thing, and I know at least one person didn't understand what it had to do with winter. As far as I've bothered to tell, the main thing is that a Kotatsu is only used in winter (if I recall correctly). Maybe there's more winter-y stuff in the song, but I never paid enough attention to tell. But yeah, it's one of my Christmas jams, so close enough.

While we're on the topic of that mini-album, how about some Samui Kara Fuyu damon! ~Dou mo Kou mo Naissu yo Mikitty~? I have a certain bias to Mikitty, as she was the first H!P soloist I ever heard a song by. So I've loved this song ever since I heard it. But it's a really good song, even without the Mikitty bias. I usually only listen to it once or twice a year, though, but guess when that is! NOW. So yeah, enjoy :3.

This was really popular a couple years ago, I would have like 5 different friends all sending me this video in a span of like 3 days. But it's always really nice hearing Morning Musume try and sing in English (always? Not like they do it much... but still). But this is a Christmas Cover Medley by Morning Musume. The medley consists of the songs:
Santa Claus is Coming to Town (All)

The Loco-Motion (Abe Natsumi, Ishikawa Rika, and Fujimoto Miki)

Please Mr. Postman (Iida Kaori, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ogawa Makoto, and Konno Asami)

Be My Baby (Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi, Kago Ai, Takahashi Ai, and Niigaki Risa)

Love Machine (All)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Kamei Eri, Michishige Sayumi, and Tanaka Reina --> All)

It's a really cool Medley, and though I may not necessarily agree with the distribution, it was really interesting.

And that's about it, I think. There's probably other songs, but I can't think of them. AND NO, I DID NOT FORGET AITAI LONELY CHRISTMAS. THAT SONG. OMFG THAT SONG! That song was so over-used the year it came out. And the year after. I'm just so done with it. It's a good song, but I'm sick of it. Srsly. 4reel. >o. Ugh I feel like I should write more but I don't know what else to say. I was kinda hoping I could stall until midnight so I could at least say it was alreayd Christmas here, but it's only 8:30... WELL IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JAPAN, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. So Merry Christmas, everyone, whether it's Christmas yet or not, and enjoy some Morning Musume Christmas outfit spam <3

 

Categorical Choruses / Momo's Chorus Pet Peeves

Everything written in this post is purely my opinion. Don't like it? To bad. Welcome to blogging. I'm entitled to my opinion, and I'm fully justified in sharing it. I'm always welcome to an constructive argument that will strengthen the opinions of all parties involved, but please take any bullshit, whining, or straight up stupidity elsewhere. kthxbai.

I've probably mentioned my pet peeve about choruses that aren't choruses on here, and I know I've mentioned it to other people. Most responses to statements like these are under the lines of "._." "?" or "what". I'd like to first start off by explaining that when I use the phrase "choruses that aren't choruses" I'm using two different definitions of the word "chorus" as I know them. The first "chorus" is referring to what most people probably are understanding them both as - the part of a song. However the second "chorus" I'm referring to is the definition that's rather synonymous to "choir". That is, when all singers present sing in unison.

So I decided, oh, about 5 minutes ago that I was going to make a blog post about the different types of "choruses" and which ones I like and dislike (and which ones just annoy the shit outta me). I'll be making up random names for them just to separate them out. So yeah, here we go.

The ALL FOR ONE Chorus

Probably the best example of this I can give is the Kenshuusei version of Ten Made Nobore! as that whole song is a chorus, however, I'm only referring to the chorus part, so even Berryz Koubou's WANT! would classify under this category. This is a rather straightforward category. It simply requires that all members be singing the entire chorus together in unison. These types of choruses aren't by any means my favorite, but they're far from my least favorite, so I'm usually pretty happy with songs that have choruses as such.

The ALL vs ONE Chorus

This type of chorus is when, if it's the chorus, then either everyone is singing, or it's a solo. This is my personal favorite kind of chorus, especially when it's chorus-dominant. The first example that comes to mind is the 50:50 chorus/solo song, Morning Musume's Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game. I say it's 50:50 because first you have a chorus line, then a solo, then a chorus line, then a solo, and between the choruses and solos, the chorus is split about 50:50. An example of a chorus-dominant one, as I mentioned above, would be S/mileage's Shortcut. In that song, only the last word of the chorus is a solo. Though even Berryz Koubou's Golden China Town would fall under a chorus-dominant one to me, so it doesn't have to be that extreme. On the flip-side, a solo-dominant chorus for this category would be something like, for a more extreme example, Berryz Koubou's Ai no Dangan. Where, like Shortcut, only one word is chorus. While a less extreme example would me something like Juice=Juice's Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo.

The ONE FOR ALL Chorus

This category is for when the entire chorus is a solo. Maybe not all by the same person, but every line in the chorus is 100% solo anyway. This is my absolute least favorite type of choruses, and chances are, it's the type that cause me to mention my pet peeve about choruses in the first place. One example of this category is Morning Musume's Only You. The fact that choruses were like this is one of the main reasons I initially hated this song. It eventually grew on me, but I still hate how the chorus is all solos. Another example of this type of chorus is Morning Musume's Aishite Aishite Atto Ippun (discluding the last chorus).

The BIT BY BIT Chorus.

This would be referring to when the chorus is 100% duos or small groups. In other words, between 2 and n-1 people, where n is how many people are in the group :3. One example of this is C-ute's Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku. The whole chorus is basically rotating duets. Another good example, which is more common to see I think, is Morning Musume's Mikan. Of course, you gotta ignore the end we're Reina goes on strike and leads everyone into an ALL FOR ONE Chorus type >.>

The BITS 'n PIECES Chorus.

This is when it's all 2 to n-1 groups, as mentioned above, plus solos. But no full group parts. These are, as far as I see, the most common "BIT BY BIT" form you'll see. A great example of this is Morning Musume's Kanashiki Twilight. Morning Musume's Kimi Sae Ireba Nanimo Iranai is also a more recent version of this category.

The MORE THAN ONE Chorus

As the name probably implies, as long as more than one person is singing throughout the chorus, it's okay :D. But in all seriousness, this is when the chorus has both small group lines (2 to n-1 singers) and chorus lines (n singers ;3) together. A good example of this is HI-FIN's Kaigan Seisou Danshi. You get mostly chorus, but then for one part you have bits. Another example that's more bit-heavy is Berryz Koubou's MADAYADE. In that, you have all bits until the final "BIYOOOOOOON" at the end of each chorus. And yes, this means that Berryz Koubou's Piriri to Yukou would also fall under this category as well.

The EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK Chorus

The last type of chorus is the kind where there's a little of everything. For example, in Morning Musume's Help Me!! you get a bunch of bits, followed by a solo, topped off with a chorus line. Or in Morning Musume's Ren'ai Hunter, you get a chorus part, followed by a bit, followed by a solo and then repeated again. These can oftentimes be some of the more fun choruses to listen to, as you can hear a variety, not only of voices, but of mixtures of different types and numbers of voices.

So let's review, shall we? If we refer to each of the parts as choruses (n members singing), bits (2 to n-1 members singing), and solos (1 member singing), then we get 7 possible combinations (technically 8, but if we didn't have any of them, there wouldn't be a chorus, now would there?)

1. Choruses (ALL FOR ONE)

2. Choruses&Solos (ALL vs ONE)

3. Solos (ONE FOR ALL)

4. Bits (BIT BY BIT)

5. Bits&Solos (BITS 'n PIECES)

6. Bits&Choruses (MORE THAN ONE)

7. Bits&Choruses&Solos (EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK)

Unless I'm forgetting something, or you want to go into even more detail, any song should be able to be classified under one of these 7 categories. Songs like Mikan, though, where the last chorus gets trippy in comparison to the category of the first ones, may be harder to place, as you might not know whether or not to count the last chorus when classifying the song. But whatever, who really cares about that weird stuff? 8D

This has been Random Facts With Momo, featuring Momo and her random facts. Have a nice life guys~ See you next time I come up with some crappy idea for something to go on about :3 Thanks for reading <3

H!P Survey Round 2

I got nothing.

So here's a link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ftSo7v_oYfEXiPGB82SN_VI7u9PmHrFyAOHvsqNZkBE/viewform

Oh and have a cat gif.

Berryz Koubou Survey Results + H!P Survey Round 1!

The tie-breaker round has concluded as close enough as I'm gonna get, so it's time to open the round 1 H!P survey! Yaaaaay.

Due to boredom and "Why not?" the H!P survey will have 3 rounds.

Round 1.

Top 10 (or 11 for some questions) members for each individual category as nominated in the preliminary round. Choose a maximum of 3 girls for each category. 

Round 2.

The top 7 (or 6/8 if necessary...) girls from each category as selected in round 1. Choose a maximum of 2 girls for each category.

Round 3.

The top 4 (or 3/5 if necessary...) girls from each category as selected in Round 2, as well as any questions comparing the groups or certain positions in the groups to each other. Only 1 choice for any given question. Suggestions for comparison of group questions are welcome in the "Your opinion on this survey" box for rounds 1 and 2. 

There will be no set deadline for when each round will end, just when I check and there's at least 10, and preferably 15, responses to the survey. The results will not be shown for Rounds 1 and 2 ahead of time, as I don't want to risk it influencing people's decision in future rounds. Instead, I'll post the results for all 3 rounds at the same time, as well as announce the winners for each category (who's awards will be a pretty picture on the results post~ :3)

That all being said, click here to cast your vote for round 1!

Now moving on to the results for the Berryz Koubou Survey. Just like MoMusu, I will leave the survey open in case people would like to vote in the future, and if I check back randomly later and half like a billion votes, I'll make a new results post for it. 

What is Berryz Koubou's rank to you?

In all honesty, I'm not surprised in how even this ended up. I know Berryz are a group who has some die-hard fans, as well as some not-so-fan-y fans.

Who's voice do you like the best?

Poor, poor Chinami with 0 votes :'< But I gotta say, Rii's voice has really grown on me recently, so I'm totally okay with this.

Who's dancing do you like the best?

Captain gets 17/19 votes. Miiya and Yurina the only other ones with votes. Still totally okay with this. -shot-

Who's personality do you like the best?

Now this is what I like to see <3 even if there's a favorite, everyone gets at least SOME love. Personalities are extremely different from voice/dancing, since there's so much more vagueness in what makes a "good" personality. With voice, yeah, different people will find different things annoying, but in general, we have a pretty set standard about what is "good" and that will often influence our opinion on whose we like. Dancing even more so. But personalities can completely piss off one person, while still amusing another. So yeah, not surprised here either. /random crap

Who do you think shines the most in PVs?

I just gotta say that I'm amused that between 7 girls, the only number of votes are 0, 3, and 5. /easily amused.

Who do you think shines the most in concerts?

More love for everyone! I'll be honest, though, I'm kinda surprised that Momochii is tied for second. Personally I never really notice her in concert perfs... but I guess that's just me being biased again.

Which members would you say you "love"?

So much love for Captain! <3 and at least 2 loves for everybody.

Which members would you say you "like"?

This makes me happy. Everyone has at LEAST 7 likes. That's a LOT of liking ;3

Which members would you say you less than "like"?

Due to the initial lack of a "none" option, I've been informed to do -1 Momo and +1 None here. So accurately speaking would be 8 Momo and 3 none. 

What is your favorite Berryz Koubou song?

Munasawagi Scarlet

VERY BEAUTY

Momochi! Yurushite Nyan Taisou

ROCK Erotic

Baka ni Shinaide

Maji Bomber!

Otakebi Boy WAO!

Semi

Dakishimete Dakishimete

Special Generation

Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda!

Bye Bye Mata ne

cha cha SING

Omoittara Kichi Desse!

Rival

Nanchuu Koi wo Yatteru YOU KNOW?

Motto Zutto Issho ni Itakatta

That's all for this :3 Have a nice day/night/whatever, and see you next post.

Preliminary Round 1 Complete - Addressing the Full H!P Survey

First of all, the Berryz Koubou Survey results won't be posted until the Full Current H!P Survey is ready to post. So, if you still haven't voted on that, vote here.

Moving on, concerning the full (current) H!P survey: almost all of the questions had ties for the last "x" members for the top 10, so I've created a tie-breaker (/Round 2) for the preliminary version of the survey. First I'll go ahead and post who has definitely made top 10, and who needs a tiebreaker, then I'll respond to a few comments that people left me, then I'll post the tie-breaker survey link afterwards. (So if the only reason your here is to vote, scroll down.)

"Who's voice do you like the best?"

The top 9 were decided to be (in order of group): Fukumura Mizuki, Oda Sakura, Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Sugaya Risako, Suzuki Airi, Okai Chisato, Tamura Meimi, and Kanazawa Tomoko.

The tenth spot tie-breaker is for the 6-way tie of Suzuki Kanon, Sato Masaki, Shimizu Saki, Yajima Maimi, Fukuda Kanon, and Takagi Sayuki.

"Who's dancing do you like the best?"

The top 8 were decided to be (in order of group): Sayashi Riho, Ishida Ayumi, Shimizu Saki, Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki, Suzuki Airi, Okai Chisato, and Tamura Meimi.

These 8 were the only girls nominated so there will not be a tie-breaker.

"Who's personality do you like the best?"

The top 10 were decided to be (in order of group): Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta erina, Suzuki Kanon, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Tsugunaga Momoko, Tokunaga Chinami, Yajima Maimi, and Tamura Meimi. 

There was a top 10, so there is no tie-breaker.

"Who do you think shines most in PVs?"

The top 7 were decided to be (in order of group): Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Sayashi Riho, Shimizu Saki, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Suzuki Airi, and Tamura Meimi

The last 3 spots tie-breaker is for the 6-way tie of Kumai Yurina, Sugaya Risako, Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai, Kanazawa Tomoko, and Miyamoto Karin.

"Who do you think shines most in concerts?"

The top 6 were decided to be (in order of group): Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Sugaya Risako, Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi, and Tamura Meimi.

The last 4 spots tie-breaker is for the 5-way tie of Michishige Sayumi, Suzuki Kanon, Shimizu Saki, Natsuyaki Miyabi, and Nakajima Saki.

"Who do you think is the most energetic member?"

The top 6 were decided to be (in order of group): Ikuta Erina, Suzuki Kanon, Sato Masaki, Tokunaga Chinami, Takeuchi Akari, and Tamura Meimi.

The last 4 spots tie-breaker is for the 8-way tie of Ishida Ayumi, Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Okai Chisato, Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon, Nakanishi Kana, and Uemura Akari.

"Who do you think is the most mellow member?"

The top 9 were decided to be (in order of group): Fukumura Mizuki, Oda Sakura, Sudou Maasa, Kumai Yurina, Sugaya Risako, Nakanishi Kana, Katsuta Rina, Miyazaki Yuka, and Kanazawa Tomoko.

The last spot tie-breaker is for the 6-way tie of Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Kudo Haruka, Shimizu Saki, Hagiwara Mai, and Uemura Akari.

"Who do you think has the best qualities for a leader?"

The top 7 were decided to be (in order of group): Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Shimizu Saki, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Yajima Maimi, Wada Ayaka, and Fukuda Kanon.

The last 3 spots tie-breaker is for the 8-way tie of Suzuki Kanon, Iikubo Haruna, Kudo Haruka, Tokunaga Chinami, Nakajima Saki, Kanazawa Tomoko, Takagi Sayuki, and Miyamoto Karin.

"Who do you think should be in a new sub-unit if they were to make one?"

The top 10 were decided to be (in order of group): Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Ishida Ayumi, Kudo Haruka, Oda Sakura, Shimizu Saki, Sudou Maasa, Tamura Meimi, Miyazaki Yuka, and Takagi Sayuki.

There was a top 10, so there is no tie-breaker.

"Who do you think suits the 'sexy' image best?"

The top 10 were decided to be (in order of group): Michishige Sayumi, Fukumura Mizuki, Shimizu Saki, Sudou Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Sugaya Risako, Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki, Suzuki Airi, and Okai Chisato.

There was a top 10, so there is no tie-breaker.

"Who do you think suits the 'mature/elegant' image best?"

The top 10 were decided to be (in order of group): Fukumura Mizuki, Iikubo Haruna, Shimizu Saki, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina, Sugaya Risako, Yajima Maimi, Wada Ayaka, Miyazaki Yuka, and Kanazawa Tomoko.

There was a top 10, so there is no tie-breaker.

"Who do you think suits the 'cool/badass' image best?"

The top 6 were decided to be (in order of group): Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Ishida Ayumi, Kudo Haruka, Yajima Maimi, and Takeuchi Akari.

The last 4 spots tie-breaker is for the 5-way tie of Shimizu Saki, Sudou Maasa, Nakajima Saki, Hagiwara Mai, and Takagi Sayuki.

"Who do you think suits the 'cute' image best?"

The top 9 were decided to be (in order of group): Michishige Sayumi, Sato Masaki, Tsugunaga Momoko, Hagiwara Mai, Fukuda Kanon, Tamura Meimi, Miyazaki Yuka, Miyamoto Karin, and Uemura Akari.

The last spot tie-breaker is for the 8-way tie of Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Kudo Haruka, Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Mitsui Aika, and Takagi Sayuki.

"Who do you think suits the 'tomboy' image best?"

The top 7 were decided to be (in order of group): Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Kudo Haruka, Sudou Maasa, Yajima Maimi, Okai Chisato, and Takeuchi Akari

These 7 were the only girls nominated so there will not be a tie-breaker.

Comments I would like to respond to.

"A bit too broad questions, don't you think? Narrow it down or something. And don't steal everything from Pocket morning."

I'm not exactly the best question maker. That's why I ask at the end if the people taking the survey have any other ideas for questions. I'm not quite sure how to narrow it down anymore. I could easily ask "which girl do you like the most," which I initially considered, but that was too broad and I could narrow it down to voice, dancing, and personality. I don't know about any other questions that could be narrowed down any more than they are. And as for the "stealing everything from Pocket Morning," the only questions I personally recognize that I "stole" were the energetic/mellow questions (as someone else noticed in their comment "the energetic/mellow question brings to mind the Pokemo Q&As"), and it's because I thought it was an interesting question and I wanted to know what the fans thought in opposed to the H!P members, I really don't see the problem with that. 

"I really don't think any HP member is "badass". Maybe a question about who's the best actress, given all the plays they've done."

Firstly, THANK YOU for that amazing question, I've added it to the Round 2 survey, although I'm trying to stay away from the phrase "the best," as it would give off implications that there is a "best" rather than a "most popular" which is what I'm getting at with these surveys. So I hope you don't mind me changing the question to "Who's acting do you like the best?" :)

In response to the other part of your comment, I don't blame you if you don't think any H!P member is "badass," but some people do. For this reason I've grouped "cool" and "badass" together so that the nominated members could apply to either of the categories (or both possibly). I apologize if the wording of the question may have seemed loaded.

"Going through all the Hello members was a bit tiring - maybe do it for each group individually, then compile all those into a 'best of' might be easier?"

I personally hate this type of process. Shows like American Idol and such do a similar thing when they separate the contestants by gender before kicking people out. What bugs me about doing it this way is that, lets say, just metaphorically, that the "Who's dancing do you like the best?" top results for each group separately were as follows:

MoMusu - Sayashi Riho

Berryz - Shimizu Saki

C-ute - Nakajima Saki

S/mileage - Tamura Meimi

Juice=Juice - Takagi Sayuki

Then the "best of dancers" would likely be these five girls. However, suppose if in the H!P full survey, we get that the top five were Sayashi Riho, Ishida Ayumi, Oda Sakura, Shimizu Saki, and Natsuyaki Miyabi or something. Doing a "best of" for separate groups doesn't take into consideration that multiple people from each group may be considered for the question. Also, many people seem to have forgotten that Mitsui Aika is still in H!P as well, even though she's not in a group. Doing the groups separately and putting them together in a "best of" would then neglect her altogether. So I apologize for tiring you out, but I personally prefer this method.

"Questions about songs for the year (or some other measurement of time) could be interesting"

"Favorite songs/pvs/etc instead of members could be more interesting."

In the future I would like to do some song/PV related surveys, but I need to figure out how to ask questions to where they wouldn't be absolutely impossible to answer. Someone even commented on my Berryz Koubou survey that I should try asking favorite a-side/b-side/album songs separately, so even just for one group it's difficult. Also there's the problem with the fact that, even if I were to do 100 preliminary rounds, chances are I wouldn't be able to get good, realistic results from the 15-20 voters I've been getting on things. So I think surveys like that I'll save until if/when I get a bigger number of people voting.

(Questions suggestion) "Best all-rounder (singing, dancing, personality)"

While it's a nice thought, I think that this would just come down to a typical "who's you're favorite member?" type of question. Although there might be a few people who would be honest and vote for someone who they think falls into all three categories, I just can't believe that people wouldn't just let their bias to their Oshis take over and vote for just whoever they like most. Plus, if you think about it, idols are humans too. All of them have their flaws, and chances are, it's in at least one of these three areas. So there's also the chance that people would try and pick out members who are really good in maybe 2/3 categories, but not so much in the other. The point I'm trying to make is that, while it seems like a cool question, the criteria are a bit too much, I think.

(Questions suggestion) "OG!"

"Top group members of all time for Morning musume"

I do really, really want to make an OG related survey soon too. Unfortunately, much like the songs survey idea, I haven't quite thought of how to ask the questions where they wouldn't be super difficult, especially for people like me who have like half and half OG/current members in my top 5 MoMusu, or if I were to do an overall OG survey, how to ask questions related to soloists or groups that have graduated, or even groups that's members were once H!P members, but the groups themselves weren't (like Up Up Girls, The Possible, etc) and other issues like that. So for the time being, I'll be sticking to current H!P related surveys, but YES, I do want to make an OG related one in the near future!

Alrighty, so the tie-breaker survey is right here. Most of the questions this time, answering is optional, however, I do hope that people will try to vote for at least one of the girls per question so that hopefully we can get rid of these ties and make the final survey. Have fun :D