AKB48 - Labrador Retriever Review

Dang out of Sugar Again!

 I know what you guys are thinking . He is doing an AKB48 song he must like them little tiny girls .No I like music and I will review all the Asian music no matter what size the girls are. Ha Ha Akb48 traditionally designed for Male Gamer nerds Had a Single out at the beginning of this month. I know I will get to the review I just thought I would have a nice  small introduction. Okay here it goes.

Music

G-dragon come to me in my dreams!

I guess when the Mother is pouring in the Dog food that is suppose to be part of the song, Immediately starting out you have a surfer style drum. Then it goes into a regular Drum.The Intro Snares do not even match the Fill in that ends up being the drum snares for the song a good indication that they probably used a computer to make the drums. I could be wrong . Maybe a Drum loop for the Intro and then a regular drummer I doubt it.It is like they said lets have a surfer intro Loop and switch to  a regular Acoustic loop.I think AKB48 is letting us know that Summer is on its way. Immediately I heard this tune I was taken back and thought of the seventies and if you look at the lyrics that is exactly what they are trying for here. So I should give them an A plus for succeeding in what they were trying to aim for. I really do I think of an Older Idol Song played in the old days this is a tribute to summer Idol Songs. Is it summer yet? Yes AKB48 says it is.There is really nothing special here musically. there is about 4 stanzas and then Maybe some Orchestra Hits and then a Slow down stanza and then a Long hold vocal Chorus and a sound of Summer sort of thing. I am disappointed because after songs like Give me five and River I really want something like that. The music is kind of boring and sad and I really do not think that is what they meant for the opening of Summer. It should be happy and jumpy and making me want to run to the beach not run away from the beach and cry.

Video

It does not taste like Dog

 Okay starting out we have a mother pouring the dog food. The Dog Food Pouring into the bowl wakes the AKb48 member who I guess is a Part Time dog I don't know I am not a dog person. At the beginning of this video I question that I am in Japan. The mom does not look japanese to me. There is a coffee maker on the side.I am not used to that in Japan . I am used to maybe the usual tea Kettle and tiny refrigerator. There is a large Refrigerator and this house looks like a suburb in here in America. I had to second guess if I was watching an AKB48 video.So the dog food pouring sounds a lot like High hat cymbals. The cymbals stop we have a clue that the music is coming and a Title pops up and it says Labrador Retriever. Hey that is the title of our song. A dog is outside okay! Now we have girls in Bikinis. The girls are innocent looking and are there to show us that they are having innocent fun which is what little girls do. Immediately the problem with not having matching outfits or just to me the choreography really starts out sloppy. It could be that they are not wearing matching outfits. It feels sloppy the whole choreography does even as the song progresses. The girls eating Hot dogs, and the girls in the back of the pick up truck and then the one girl being buried in the sand is a great reminder it is summer and we are having fun cool. We have girls playing Frisbee, Playing with water and eating Ice cream. At about 1:30 you can see some bad Choreography again not good at that point. Later we find that the dog has a locket just like our girl who is sleeping and the dog food that Mother is feeding girl has the girl's picture on it. I guess we are to assume she is dreaming that she is a dog and all these bikini clad friends are in the dream as well. I guess. Later we will see Ice Cream Girls sharing Ice cream with the dogs forget that! Now we have girls sharing Ice cream with dogs I am not kissing you after that I do not care who you are. There is one scene where we see fully clothed girls meet bikini clad women and that is a weird scene because it looks like a fight is about to break out but later we find that clothed chicks are dogs and they turn into dogs and run to bikini clad chicks.

Lyrics

Pure white parasol

Reserved seat of your summer

Beachside

The 70's bikini

That's a favorite of the year

I have to say these lyrics paints a vivid picture.The girls match the lyrics to the letter. So good for the songwriter. The songwriter is obviously experienced and I think he wanted to capture the old Idol feel like many of us grew up with but I don't really think it did well for me musically. If he was looking for an exact feel He might forget drums that were computer looped  or just try to pick one set of drums that were computer looped. I would gone with a more sixties feel. The seventies really to me never capture the summer unless you had your van and you're cruising the beach for chicks. I would have a Plated guitar sound for a riff for the verse and then maybe a mama And Papas type chorus I think the members of AkB48 could pull it off. So musically I really did not like this song. Lyrically it is a perfect summer song here you check the lyrics out. Some of this is not the best Translation but really not a bad song lyrically.

I just Felt the love!

Pure white parasol
Reserved seat of your summer
Beachside
The 70's bikini
That's a favorite of the year

The earlier than mom and dad
Did you come to vacation ? (Oh Yeah!)
The time over last year
Of love ( of love ) continued ( continued)
The sun is waiting

The running Labrador
To beach
While splash spray
Invites us
The chase on the sand
As of that day
And stripped off his sandals
( Laughing )

Have you seen this girl!?

First-time
Could you kiss ?

Oh Ma Cherie
Mineral water of one
I only drink Turn 2 people
Pure Heart
My heart is pounding to
And because I love really

Once the season is over
Not nobody but (Oh Yeah!)
Until said to love to you
My ( my ) summer ( summer )
Does not end still

See I am The Dog Get it!

Labrador Come
I finally tame
With all one's might in this arm
'll Hug
Memories at any time
Kuiganokoru thing
You do not let go this time around
( Kimi so )
Awaited
Could you kiss ?

The love of our
The impatient much
I was watching me for years
From a young age
Friends that came grew up with
Ally
Labrador

They won't give me another one!

The running Labrador
To beach
While splash spray
Invites us
The chase on the sand
As of that day
And stripped off his sandals
( Laughing )
First-time
Could you kiss ?

 I believe the Songwriter had a Labrador and he or she had memories in the summertime of this Labrador. I really feel that animal connection in the song. Overall not a song I am going to listen to again but cute video. I think young girls would like the video.I just feel like a dirty old man watching it. I am joking! There you have it let me know what you think Peace!

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Coming Clean with relationships on youtube and facebook pt3 and Moving On!

I am going to finish this blog today not for the sake I am rehashing the past but it is something I want to post so if you have any questions you can go there. I have been quiet about a lot of things. I feel I think I know now I really need to let go of the past and not really dwell on it. I really want this blog for you to look at it as a way of understanding a lot of things. I try to tell people that what I was trying to do at the Toru Takanaru channel was something entertaining and it did bring me joy and I hope it brought a lot of people joy. I am disgusted at where people's minds are at today and how they think the worse of everything. I think when we get in this emotional relationship of oh I miss this person oh I wish this person would do this again. We end up losing focus on why we did what we did. When I started editing videos it was a challenge to see if I could make a better one. I eventually grew and asked myself what if I used my own footage?  You know what I did. I edited my own footage. I can boast now That I have videos that I actually shot with original Music and the Material is mine and I am proud. Does it get a lot of views? No for me to get views I have to do a cover song why because people naturally want familiarity. How many Dancers have you watched do the Danjo Dance? Why because you like Familiarity.  Groups that do have original songs have just been skimmed over why because it is not familiar to you. I will finish off this blog with facts about me.

1. I am not a Fanboy

 I detest that name I am an artist as George Lucas edited his own work I have been able to edit my own footage and it feels good. I edited other peoples videos mainly dancers to see if I could make a more entertaining video. There were dancers who could not even match audio at the time I started and I am not lying about this. You can not compare me to some of these guys who take footage and post as a supporter. I have been in the Lion's den with all of you. I filmed and edited dancers and we did do certain things I like and some I did not like as well but we just did not have enough time to do everything we were limited on time many times. The point is we did it and I was there  maybe it took a week for a video to be put together after editing and getting the right footage and shooting several times and then some talentless troll makes a stupid comment and they do not realize the time and energy we put into it . I am one of you not some creepy guy in Japan wanting to shower you with gifts just because you talk to me. I have put my time in dancing I had to succumb to defeat in a Dance contest with a dancer that was younger and better than me and that hurt. I always failed at slower tempos she knew this and she used it against me. I support you because I am a fellow artist as well. I know what you go through. I struggle just like you and I hope the next Collaboration will be the next best thing so I still keep looking. Finally I want to say it is not how cute you are or how skinny you are or fat or what color you are the first step to success is just showing up!

2. I wish these dancers got more views

 I wish I had more time with Alyssa what a great dancer she was. Awesome leader and I would made her my Dancing coach as well because she had experience and could coerce other young ladies into a formation if needed for any dance routine. She was not in the whole Social Media thing as was Kacy either she was another one that needed more views I think of Kacy more like family but she gets no mention because she was not on the social media scene. There was more important things in their life. I wished I had more time with Ella. There was so much confusion regarding that situation. I blame myself for not taking her more serious and I should've she was a great talent to work with. If I had not spread myself out so thin I could of focused more on her and should have. I hope she is doing well and apologies can not cover up the hurt I feel knowing I may never get to work with her again. Ella is a talented dancer. Cole had a great attitude and a good dancer and I wish her the best. Jasmine is a great vocalist and she was trying to work closely on her dances and Emi was a great cheerleader for us and a dancer as well. I might get to work with them again who knows I wish them the best. For those who listened to social media instead of getting to know me well Screw you! I mean seriously. I worked with over 30 dancers and If I did anything wrong I want to hear it from them. I made mistakes and they made mistakes we all are Human. I never had any desire to date a dancer I worked with. I look at every dancer as a potential client. We cannot be more than Professional with one another everything we talked about mostly were about what dances we could do or more views or about performing, the rest might be friendly chit chat and that is about it. Anyone who would date his client is a fool you will be blinded in your decision making. You should never be emotionally involved with your client. For a good relationship to last both parties must benefit. I wanted to benefit and profit from shows from selling singles Products and T-shirts and when I profit you should profit that is how it works.It has nothing to do with whether I want to sleep with you or not that will danger the relationship. For instance I have to think that every dancer might want to take their career further and in that process I may never see them again and if that happens I cannot be emotionally involved.If they do this in Japan then they are hurting themselves and the client. I am not someone who is wanting ownership like Pimp Daddy records or someone who would leave them out there in the cold without Instruction either. Who was the Dancer My Company picked over Yuka-pon well it was none other than BanzaiOtaku. She seemed more the fitting towards what we had in mind for the show. Who knew?

3. Time to move on

 The future looks bright today and it probably has been brighter for me before but I know why I did not see it . I held on to the past. The day I worked with the new dancer I should of forgot about the old dancer. Today I have a new person I want to work with and that person is me. He is talented and has the ability to make a video and has about 1,000 on youtube to show for it. My advice to blogger people who want to dwell on the past, those dancers are gone. The future is here and we have a new generation coming in.

[MV] ORANGE CARAMEL(오렌지캬라멜) _ Abing abing(아빙아빙) Review

I have nothing but praise for Orange Caramel's single Catalina and I really like the direction the group went. People turned their heads toward OC when Lipstick came out and I think many people wondered what they were going to do afterwards. Orange Caramel went a totally different way than what many probably expected but I think it will gain them a broader fan base. Catalina has a Middle eastern style that will gain them some more fans there. OC has a look that is lolita and J-poppish which will pull fans from there as well. The three minutes and thirty second commercial for Baskin Robbins which is what Abing abing is a commercial for Baskin Robbins is fun and cute and upbeat and OC teaches us a lesson that Pop music needs to learn.

Music

 Is there anything so special or creative here? not really. Is it fun and danceable? Yes it is. Imagine Hyuna's Ice cream and combine it with Crayon Pop's Bar Bar Bar . Then you have Abing abing it is like that. The song is  good as anything that is played on K-pop charts and it is music for Baskin Robbins. It does not matter it gets me moving. That is the point with Pop music it should make you feel good. The song does make you happy and I can see bobbing my head back and forth to the beat. Good job you made me want to hear this song again and right now as I write this blog the song is running through my mind. The song starts out with a far away eq effect and Phase and then comes into a beautiful keyboard saw effect melody typical in most dance songs and it works because we want to dance to the song. There is a great chorus where we hear the young ladies vocals combine in a great back up effect. The vocals seem like they play off each other for instance we hear in the first verse the girls actually communicating with another girl which opens our ears to stay connected to the song. It is kind of what Crayon Pop did with Bar bar Bar. The slow down bridge is beautiful with the girls singing and it does not feel like they are competing for time in the song. It feels like they are singing with each other like an old Pet Shop Boys song and this is a club song so it works.

Video

Okay is this a commercial does it want me to eat Ice Cream? Yes it does. Okay let me talk about this introduction was OC teasing us? I think they are. They actually start out like they are 4minute with this sizzling almost sexy feel . YOu are thinking okay they have gone the sexy way of Hyuna or many other girl groups but boom!  We see this water drop transition effect and we see an ease out camera effect of them in lawn chairs wearing probably the only way I can describe the cutest summer Lolita outfits you can Imagine. The faces of the girls remind me of Crayon Pop type facial expressions they look like they are having fun as they sing to you. Okay so we back up and see a green screen effect very cheaply done but bright as the outfits. We get the connection here and the message. Hey K-pop fans here is a song for you to make a video about and Imitate the dance so expect tutorials out soon. The dance looks fun and it is not complicated and I think that is the idea. OC does not just appeal to younger girls but also to older girls as well .There is also something so Japanese about this that I see they look like they are kidnapping J-pop fans maybe with their looks of course not really kidnapping them. I would not complain if they Kidnap me as long as they feed me ice cream. I like the freezer look and dry ice effect It could be digital but it looks real. I cannot say much else all I can say is take a lesson Pop Music . This is how you do it. I hope they sell a lot of Baskin Robbins.

 Orange Caramel Lands Their First Advertisement Contract

Lyrics

 Okay this is a commercial and it is a fun pop song how much analysing do you need?

It is so hot today

 You're Running late today

It feels like a sauna

 Do you wanna have a fight

I'm Sweating

 It's so hot I,m Exhausted

 OC lets us know it is freaking hot outside, 

Oh very very Strawberry

 Fly your Stress away

Fly Summer Heat away with Vanilla bing-soo

Go Run to Baskin Robbins

Can't Bear the coolness

 We must all go to baskin Robbins I am totally there what about you? Okay not the most Inventive lyric creation ever but wait til you get to the the 2nd verse.

 My mom must be an alien (WHAT?)

She Never gets Hot (She Does)

 What's her secret? Is it Abing?

Maybe She eats it behind my back

  I think this is cleverly written because it is kind of funny.They are talking about a mother eating Ice cream behind their back. I think also it pictures OC as kids in another world and I think Older teenage girls get it especially when Mom gets onto them for eating too much. We have all been there. I really like how that is written and you can use your imaginations. If you look at the rest of the song we are simply told to go to Baskin Robbins.

                                                          It’s so hot today

You’re running late today
It feels like a sauna
Do you wanna have a fight?
I’m sweating
It’s so hot I’m exhausted

Oh very very strawberry
Fly your stress away
Fly summer heat away with vanilla bing-soo
Go run to Baskin Robbins
Can’t bear the coolness

Crunchy crunchy cool Abing Abing
Dry dry hot summer Abing Abing
Hand in hand, holding spoons

Thir-thir-thiry one Abing Abing
You’ll fall in love (fall in love)
Fall in love ah ah ah

You’ll fall for Ice cream bing-soo

Actually (what?)
My mom must be an alien (what?)
She never gets hot (she does?)
What’s her secret? Is it Abing?
Maybe she eats it behind my back

I worry about it everyday
Shall I eat cookies & cream bing-soo?
I’m so wishy-washy
I keep thinking about it
Go run to Baskin Robbins
Can’t bear the coolness

Crunchy crunchy cool Abing Abing
Dry dry hot summer Abing Abing
Hand in hand, holding spoons

Thir-thir-thiry one Abing Abing
You’ll fall in love (fall in love)
Fall in love ah ah ah

You’ll fall for Ice cream bing-soo

Did it just fade away like a dream?
It was such a beautiful time

It will make you fall in love
Crunchy crunchy cool Abing Abing
Dry dry hot summer Abing Abing
Hand in hand, holding spoons

Thir-thir-thiry one Abing Abing
 You’ll fall in love (fall in love)
Fall in love ah ah ah

I can see the bottom
My hands are getting busy
Melt it away Abing Abing

Good Job OC and guys I plan to see your dance version of this song soon!You Like this blog let me know have a song you want reviewed let me know! Catch me on Facebook
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[2NE1 - '너 아님 안돼 (GOTTA BE YOU)' M/V] Review

I have liked  2NE1 since the song Fire and absolutely love that they have been around for five years. So on their third release off their new album they slow the tempo down a bit. I feel a little En Vogue feel with this song. If you are too young to remember En Vogue they were a all girl singing group in The nineties. A lot of what the Girl groups do in Korean Pop are a copy of the girl groups like En Vogue and Spice Girls. Let's begin analyzing this song and videos and then you guys tell me what you think?

Music

This opening is sad it reminds me of Sunny

  I have to say I really like the opening riff in this song it has a cute mix with funk and soul.It reminds me of Girls Generation Opening for Gee. The deep voice technique is neat. I am not too crazy about the opening singing. I guess she is rapping and I guess it is all right.She acts so mean and I really do not feel the conflict that is she is suppose to present to us. Then the song changes and has this unique chant you hear a marching drum sound in the background to remind us that there is this war inside of her. The chant is a blend of 2NE1 beautiful voices together. The music changes the third time and we have a 2 step Disco cha Cha feel. I guess here we have to feel that she does not change her mind that it ain't over til its over. Creatively this music is awesome it has a lot of changes but in my heart I doubt I would shuffle through my music to sing or play this song unless I was in a conflicted relationship like this person is in. The music is great though it is just not what I am looking for in a hit Like 2NE1's Fire or their I am the Best past but you cannot thrive on Hadcore beats alone you need to be able to have a diverse range and 2NE1 has proven themselves.

Video

I will change for you Black and White man

 The video has bright colors but not enough to make you vomit. This has been a stay in the music video world since Lionel Richies' All Night Long. The thing you will notice is that the guy is effected in black and white and I guess that is to represent that without her he has no color and I may be right in this because at the end she turns to Black and white as well. Is that to represent that she is willing to change for him? She is saying "hey babe I may be all color but I am willing to be Black and white for you" In one scene you will see one of the members actually look like she is turning away from money slowly. IS she she saying that she is willing to give her career up for Black and WHite Man? I do not Know. You decide. The Bunny's and the girl that is not a bunny represent to me to remind us that there will always be someone special in our lives. Bunnies are known for one thing and that is there ability to procreate. When we see her looking different from the bunny girls, I think she is letting us and Black and white man know that love is more than just Procreation. Of course we see Car Wash sad girl to remind us she is sad and the nice car she is washing herself with does not bring her happiness. She needs more she needs Black and White Man. There is nothing I think visually great about the video except the maze sticks with me in my mind and I think we have all felt life and love is a maze. You guys tell me what you think at the bottom in the comment section.

Lyrics

 This could be any heartbreak pop song as you can tell with the opening rap like I said earlier does she have to really be this mean?

I don't want a new meeting for some reason
I still hate you a lot
A meeting that was like destiny
and now became like strangers
You left and your scent is still around

Screw your mOney! I need Black and White MAn!

 His scent is still around you think men would pick up their dirty clothes after a breakup but no! I never will understand women they love pretty scented stuff and date something as smelly as a man in fact they are attracted to stinking men.I know that is not what she is talking about. She is obviously pining for the man and still can smell him. I have been there I loved a girl so much that I do remember her smell. I had a girl I liked a lot worked at a bakery and she smelled so good and I think it was the Baked goods I smelt but I really wanted to package that smell and sell it. On her it smelled like heaven. I think that is what she means. In the Song 2NE1 hates this guy for causing her to love him so much.

We used to be all turnt up

We became further apart
You said it wasn't true but just wait
Love’s reversal
I shout it today
Let’s go like how it used to be
Rewind forward
XO like the beginning

 
 Apparently at one time this couple was an item. He played with her heart. Of course like it is in real life unfortunately. She is still in love.Do I hate him for playing with her heart? Yes I do. Should she Pine after him or try to win him back ? No. He did her wrong hate him for doing wrong simple as that. The reason you want him back is for your selfish desire not for true love. You want him back maybe because you are lonely. You feel insecure about not having someone. It might be because he kissed great. I like those things but those are not always the best things to make a secure and long lasting relationship.

It's Me again. I do Not Know if your message Thing is Broke

It ain't over til it's over. My english teacher would kill me for saying that but unfortunately we have American Pop music to thank for ruining the English Language. I hate this saying I really do. It is when I would label a Girl crazy. If any girl said this to me. I would run away . I would hide my car because I know she is about to write on my car with a key in it that we are to be forever in a creepy girl kind of away. You really do not need to go on any further reading the lyrics there is nothing special in these lyrics the usual Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus Break up type song. She repeats that she hates him because she is in love with him.

Even if your love destroys me and hurts me
You're the only one for me
My love starts and ends with you
Waiting for you in this spot
 Well that is a bit creepy to say the least. I guess I will let you look at the lyrics and you tell me what you think.

  I don't want a new meeting for some reason
I still hate you a lot
A meeting that was like destiny
and now became like strangers
You left and your scent is still around
We used to be all turnt up
We became further apart
You said it wasn’t true but just wait
Love’s reversal
I shout it today
Let’s go like how it used to be
Rewind forward
XO like the beginning

I hate myself for not being able to forget you
I try to forget but I can’t every day
It’s gotta be you
It can’t be the end

It ain’t over til it’s over
It ain’t over til it’s over
It ain’t over til it’s over

Even if your love destroys me and hurts me
You're the only one for me
My love starts and ends with you
Waiting for you in this spot

Gotta be you No
My one and only oh oh oh
Gotta be you No
Next to me it’s gotta be you

Put me back in the jail that is you
A reality without you is cruel
Even if it hurts like I want to die, I don’t care
I’m a fox so I have nine lives
You’re a wave that blows me over 100 times
I’m okay I’m desperado in the face of love even if it hurts
No matter what people say
I don’t care about anyone
Since the song we danced to together hasn't ended yet
I yell in your direction
Let’s go like how it used to be
Rewind forward
XO like the beginning

I hate you for saying it was the end so coldly
I try to erase and erase you but I keep drawing you
It’s gotta be you it can’t be the end

It ain’t over til it’s over
It ain’t over til it’s over
It ain’t over til it’s over

Even if your love destroys me and hurts me
You’re the only one for me
My love starts and ends with you
Waiting for you in this spot

Gotta be you No
My one and only oh oh oh
Gotta be you No
Next to me it’s gotta be you

I think of you even when I close my eyes
Each and every one of your facial expressions

You’re my first and last love, don’t say good bye

Even if your love destroys me and hurts me
You're the only one for me
My love starts and ends with you
Waiting for you in this spot

Gotta be you No
My one and only oh oh oh
Gotta be you No
Next to me it’s gotta be you

If you like this Blog let me know. I am going to do another review. Overall this is a creative song with not so original lyrics. It will be one that I will forget but I think girls and boys will like it for identifying with them about how confusing love can feel like. 

Coming Clean About Relationships on Youtube and Facebook pt2

When we left off I was talking about having professional relationships with three young ladies Yuka, Sage and Anime Voice Kiddo. I remember those times. I remember talking to Sage all night in Facebook chat she was always a fun person and I believe she probably is. I hope the best for her and any man who falls in love her will be a lucky man as long as she stays grounded. I wish the best for Yuka and Anime Voice Kiddo I am just not that close to them emotionally. They are more private with their emotions and I think that it is a good thing and that is how I am sometimes. I know people can use your emotions against you. I wonder if there is enough material for a book on my relationships with social media regarding the Torus Takanaru Youtube channel. I think of my persona as Toru Takanaru on youtube as a different person. I always gave the advice to dancers to divide their dance persona from their real life Persona. You know divide the Schoolgirl from the Dancer.

 It is a good way to make your life more reasonable and know when to take breaks. Please Take a break from your dancer persona if it overwhelms you. I admit I have taken breaks from being Toru Takanaru the Youtube user when things were just crazy hectic. There were times I posted videos I edited I would put out fires online regarding relationships with other dancers with comments and virus problems and deal with comforting one of the many dancers because she was bullied and had meeting with dancers, Email Conventions about Performances and apply for panels and send out footage to groups and forums. There were weeks where stress could put you in a bad mood and one troll comment  could set you off. You who think this all fun in games it might seem fun but to a young girl whose goal to get to Seattle, or New York to do an Audition for maybe K-pop or those who are going to a contest in Japan, this is their life and you better take it serious if you want to help them. There are ways to make money in this and I have mentioned earlier and cannot figure out a good dancer working at piggly wiggly during the summer when she could teach girls J-pop dances or something J-pop related. That is a topic for another day now for the good stuff. I present for your enjoyment and for one time only or for whenever you want to look this blog up again

The people I Encountered as a youtube user.

1. The mother who thinks every man is out to get their daughter

 When I first got on facebook as a youtube user I of course sent out every friend request to every dancer I knew on youtube. It was not because I was a Fan. I really wanted to get more views and do not lie as a dancer you sent me a friend request to me as well because you wanted the views. I never looked at age when I first started out I do now, I remember the cutest little girl I think she was twelve she would say the cutest things on my channel and on my facebook. I do not know how you guys can keep from crying or feeling so wonderful when a kids draws you a picture? I do not know it is tough I had some memories of teens saying Toru Takanaru or drawing me pictures. I try my best to be understanding of parents. The toughest Job any one person is going to do is be a parent. People who think a Full Time Mom Job is not hard need to be slapped silly until their brains fall out. I have no Idea how my Mom and Dad reared me but they did and I am thankful for it.  When I had my channel out there for over a year I kind of stopped sending out friend request and if they sent me some I would accept if I can be friends with parents as well I will I have nothing to hide. When we had actual real dancers for the channel the friend request slowed down the best thing to do was to keep contact with the dancers I was working with not with new ones coming up every minute.There were dancers who could not wait to get on board we had one dancer who would let me know about every day that she was going to do a dance for us we knew the date and time and place and everything. The thing we didn't know is that her Mom had no idea. Again I did not look at age like I do now. Her mom went off on me on facebook like you would not believe and of Course I respect her decision it is her daughter. I let it go at the time. I did not let it go the second time another mother jumped all over me and I jumped at her back I explained first your daughter friended me, second do you even know what your daughter likes? I asked. Do you know That we are basically a Youtube Channel. You know what she respected me and I was friends with her daughter and the daughter became another dancer waiting in the bull pen to be filmed and become another dancer for the Toru Takanaru Channel. I think parents need to know what their kids are watching and doing and I feel comfortable when the Parents are more involved than not. The biggest thing is the Hypocrisy I see that is what makes me mad. I will give you an example there was an Amateaur porn star who was one of biggest supporters of Dancers on youtube now let me explain. She worked in The porn  Industry and she was a model for porn I read one of her blogs it was about porn. Now many of youtube Dancers are friends with Her, Now if your Mom and Dad knew that she was in Porn do you think they would be happy about it? The Mother goes through her daughters Facebook and sees this cute girl and thinks how cute and then sees me around the same age and sees that I am a male and has an Outright hissy! I do not care if you think Porn is good or Bad but I think A woman needs to graduate first and look at other options before she decides to start a life career of porn because one of the reasons you did not want me to friend your daughter was about something sexual wasn't? It was not that you were afraid I might reveal to your daughter about the origins of Elm Street. We live in the age where there are older women just as bad as the Male, a good example would be the excerpt from the Vagina Monologues which were based on actual events, in one part of the Vagina Monologues there is an older woman who seduces a Minor. It happens We had a youtuber come out how her teacher a female seduced her and made unwanted advances after she made the video others came out as well. Another Hypocrisy that I remember  is how the Twenty Something Dancer who was female and a mother of  a 15 year old dancer severed ties with the dancer who was twenty something and her daughter who was 15 because of age difference.  Everyone came to the older Dancer's defense now how many would come to the defense if she was male? I am going to take the Mothers side. Why? You might ask. Who do you think the older Dancer is dating 15 Year old Boys or Boys closer her age?. You see what I am talking about. We all think all Older Women are Innocent when we know they are capable of doing corrupt things. Drugs and Sexual perversions are not a great path to take and they can be introduced through males and females.

2. The Dancer who I like and Then disappears.

 Sometimes I wish I had a heart of stone but there is a literally beating and true heart inside of me to say that I do not get sad when a dancer stops talking to me for no apparent reason would be a lie. I have to be tough and go on I mean people are going to come and go in your life. I cannot stop death and I cannot stop people from growing up either it is natural. I feel the pain but I have to press on. I try my best not to present myself as an aggressive person because aggressive people seem desperate and overbearing. That is why I worked with so many Dancers that way if one was motivated I would go to them to help. Of course there was always that one who made me laugh or we seemed to have a connection. She would brighten your day when you received a Pm and then one day out of no where she vanishes without a reason or note or anything. I had a couple of dancers who gave me reasons to leave or depart and I respect Them for doing that. It is harder to lose somebody that you liked and then not know what happened to them but it happens then there are those who leaves after they get you excited that you are bringing another dancer in the group. There are so many questions I guess go through their minds. Who am I? or What am I ? Or Why am I really doing this? A true performer Performs they do not ask why, they just do and that is who I want be with professionally not someone who is seeking their origins. The best thing  is to leave the emotions out of it as long as I am creating something wonderful I will forget about the feelings I know this now and I think I have grown enough to know to forget what anyone thinks and just do . It is easier said than done. If the situations were different I would be back doing this whole  J-pop and K-pop Thing but they ar not so I do not worry but can you imagine the education I can bring this time I would be a force that has to be noticed?

3. Pervert.

 It does not matter what you do someone is going to think it is sexual in nature. There are people who get sexually turned on by people eating and people's smelly feet and I could go on but I really do not have the stomach for it. Everything you or even I do someone will find something dirty and for goodness sake do not blame yourself. There are people who got up this morning and thought a dirty thought . They constantly think about filthy and disgusting things. I love to create and if I constantly thought lewd and filthy thoughts there would be no way I could write this blog. I do not do things because of my sexual nature, I do things like most artist and I think it is a bit of a search for control, you create a world that you can control. I add more bass or add more keyboard or more vocals because I can and the technology is truly amazing and still impresses me today. I see a cute girl dancing I see beauty and I see God has created a beautiful creation and a way to express a great emotion is through dancing. I do not understand how in any man's mind that he would think a young girl is luring him in a sexual way that he feels the need to be sexually excited.There is so many porn fetish sites out there. Can you take a break? Let the girls and boys who dance to the music have this thing to themselves let them dance their fears and anxieties away and seriously you can go to your stupid porn sites. These people are so lame that they need to be hit over the head with a hammer. How can you look at lets say someone being cute like a young girl in a fluffy dress dancing to Te -Ye- Te as sexual in nature?  When I see someone Dancing to that song. I see Teddy Bears. I know about K-pop and Miley Cyrus using sex to sell that is not what I am talking about they think that is how you make money but if you look At  Avril Lavigne and Orange Caramel and even Crayon Pop going the way of girls just having fun and going this sort of goofy way makes me happy and when I want to be happy I can watch them I do not feel I need a shower afterwards. If your whole life is about sex and you are not making money off of it you are a sick individual. Life is not about sex. It is more about growth and you people that are a 40 years of age or older with the mentality of Beavis and Butthead need to check yourself or get help.

Okay that is three I have touched on. Who are the ones on social media that tick you off or make you laugh. Why don't you comment below!?

4 years and coming clean about relationships on youtube and facebook pt1

 I have said it that it is hard to close down the Toru Takanaru channel and it is. I am still conflicted with Ideas and they are great ones and whether or not I will act upon them I will see. I am waiting for a certain situation in my life to grow and then I can really make a decision whether or not I want to continue. I know now what I must do to get to that decision making part of my life. I still make videos for other other channels. Last week I made four videos in one day and did not feel the same like I used to making videos for youtube channels. A lot of people ask me how this all got started and I am sure the rumors are tremendously bad but the truth is I like music and I just do not like music. I love music. When an opening came to be part of any music no matter how bad it is or good it is . I want to be a part of it. When I get up in the morning I sing. I sing about friends I sing about Family. I make fun songs in my head. I really do not like sad songs because they make me sad if I want to cry I will listen to sad songs. I want to dance and I want to feel alive that is why I love music so much. I have said it before I did not get into J-pop or K-pop dance community I was invited into it. Although I am not as active as I was before I could come back anytime. I have enjoyed my break on so many levels but I am sad I am not in it as well. At one time I tried to delete my facebook to keep from thinking about the memories I had with some of you which brings me to the point about relationships in the J-pop and K-op community.

 There is so many stories I would love to tell and eventually I will but I feel I gained a trust with some of you. A person told me if you are worried about trust just do not mention the names. The problem is many people are already assuming I am talking about someone else. I would say that if I talk about a dancer and experience they Immediately think about probably three. I would say Sage, YUka, and Anime voice Kiddo. The Truth they are in a different age group then I am the Dancers that have affected me the most emotionally are not them. It was easier for me to connect emotionally to others as far as the humor and the determination to succeed. There is an audience that is harder to impress. I would say there has been hurt in my life when I have had to disconnect from any dancer. It does make me hurt on the inside but it seemed there was another dancer to take that dancer's place. It is like what my friend dancer said to me once when a dancer did not show up to one of our meets she said" if she does not want to do it there are about 200 who will." She is right you know.

 When I started the Midwest Asian Music Dancers. My Relationship with each dancer had to be professional. I could not and still do not have favorites. I however was put in a position when we actually had real talent and that scared the you know what out of me. She was good,experienced and graceful. If I had stayed with it my goal would have been to get her every Audition I could because she was that good. I would of done it for her because I was so grateful. I understood what it was like to be a college basketball coach who had great talent and the fear of losing that talent. That is what it was like. Midwest Asian Music Dancers was a  college and these athletes were not getting paid so the only way I could help was by sending emails to everyone I know to get them noticed. I would of done anything for them to see them on stage where they needed to be. Why did I close it? I could not get any help. I actually went one day to talk to a cameraman and it turned out he had problems. No one wanted to help. I could of continued but there was lack of volunteering a lack of understanding that you have to do things for free sometimes to finally to get where you want to be. I really need people who could donate time in the winter times just as much time during the summertime. That is in the past though I cannot dwell on that now.

 Okay lets talk about the juicy stuff okay you want to hear about relationships. I will talk about relationships. There are different types of people there always will be. Okay I want to come clean with three that meant a lot to me in the past and that will be Anime Voice Kiddo, Sage and Yukapon and how they have effected me and they do define different characteristics of people.

   Awe Sage how I love thee you are the most emotional person I have ever worked with and had the honor to work with. You want to talk about bad timing. I previously talked about why I wanted to work with Sage and It would have worked out. Sage is very emotional and she will go with passing fads and I really see J-pop as a passing fad in her life. I would never date anyone like Sage because she becomes bored too easily and that is not a bad thing it just you have to be creative in a relationship to overcome that. You have to make their schedule filled and you have to surprise them every time you can.. She is ADHD on crack. I have had people say she is crazy. She is not crazy her life must be totally consumed with something going on or she will die LOl. That is what it is like with an Emotional or sanguine  person. Sage had some personal Problems to work with so we went elsewhere for a while. I want to say thanks to Sage's Mom she has been cool about all this we had ups and downs but Sage owes us absolutely nothing. I feel like we owe her more. I wanted and always wanted to pay her back but it is like when we did not have Sage there it seemed someone would always step in the lime light. I feel like there were dancers who said "seriously Forget about her and donate your time with me". The problem with those dancers they were not connected social media to me where I thrived and I think dancers do get notice on Social media so imagine good dancers without Social media desire and that is what you get when talk about the Kaci's and The Alyssa's in the world. Good Dancers without Contacts. You have to balance them both out to get notice. If you have to pay your little brother to be the social and Public Relations Guy do it.

 I have to come clean about Yuka-pon. No one person has effected me in my life social media wise then her. I have met and worked with famous people and they come and go . I met mostly country people working in and around the Nashville area. I am not too impressed with Country. I hate music celebrity worship . They do not impress me. I would have probably kiss the artist butt just like everyone else did in the seventies to get artists like Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and The Who and the reason you do that is you want their business. I have said this before it would be probably five years ago my company that I worked for talked to Fujimoto and we lost our chance to work with Rebekah from Bekluvsdiru so I came up with a plan for an artist to tour Anime Conventions. These were the Stipulations for the show. 1. They had to dance or Sing J-pop. 2. They had to sing or dance K-pop and 3. They had to have a sense of humor they had to have the ability to laugh and laugh at themselves as well. We had the money to invest in a business at the time we had the recording business doors opens. I was interested in management as a side business. I looked at Yuka-pon and really liked her and showed her to other people. I could not believe the reactions of positivity she got. Everyone liked her. I knew she was the closest dancer to our present company. I had a problem I felt she would not be willing to do the sense of humor and I had my eye on somebody who I felt was funny and really was what I wanted. She was the approachable next door girl quality that everyone wanted in the social network. Yuka-pon and Venus Angelic were starting to get this separation from everyone as though they were distancing themselves from the community. Yuka is not like Venus at all in fact she is a performer. The problem Venus is going to have to work out is what are you going to have her do for two hours? You cannot have a show and get people to pay to watch someone eat and put on make up. I like Venus I love her I like her Mother but they are going to have to develop a show if they want to perform and get new fans. Yuka can perform I have seen it. They both have proven themselves to be better than Mega bon though. Her fans are nothing but freaks . People who sit and watch a girl staring at a camera and eating . Screw that!!!  We could of worked something out with Yuka-pon but we didn't. Do I regret? Sure I do but It let me learn about the business another year that I knew nothing about . The money went to a taco business which did well better than I thought. The girl I wanted turn my offer down. I thought maybe that this management thing is not to be. Tacos I understand. J-pop not so much. I love music but it is a big risk.  Once Yuka and the joint venture happened. I really saw the ugliness of the Community. Everything from a creepy for editing videos comment to some dancers had stop talking to me you have heard that story. I really saw the green eyed jealous monster come out it was a disgusting world that I really did not want to be a part of. I saw Yuka perform and entertain and that's what I saw but stupid people tried to analyze her songs . It scared me. I make videos to entertain and should be entertained by them and there are few dummies who will sit there and ask some of the dumbest questions like why did you do this?  I would respond because it is fun and it brings joy to my life and I wanted to share and some people got joy out of it. There are those who think entertainment should always have meaning. That it should always be a message inside the song or video.Yuka and I both were raised in Church and I think we understand that Church or if you are Jewish Temple or Buddhist Temple or even a Mosque. These are places you seek for truth and Enlightenment and School and Work these are Places where we should develop our minds and sometimes a social support group. If you are looking for God in my videos you need help. You really do. You are looking for some hidden agenda in Yuka videos? You are warped. She developed a Character and a Dang good character far better than Venus far better than Any other magical girl rip offs. She created a world of enchantment for young girls to lose themselves in. In a world where Americans shove Sexuality through music for young girls. Where rappers think that every girl is a Prostitute and they are pimps and the Girl Pop stars act like Prostitutes. Yuka became a Likeness of the Magical Girl that little girls could like. You know what? She did it on her own no help from no one. The problems became too real for me. I was afraid that my association with her would ruin her career and we all know what she wanted and I could not give her that. I could not have a relationship with her professionally I had nothing to offer her. If she wanted to stay in America it might be different. I hated to tell her mom that we had plans for her but she was working other plans elsewhere. I was glad for her. I was working with other dancers at the time but seriously they could not hold a candle to Yuka's Determination. I did not know of one at the time.

If you took two minds  that could read each other. You would have the team that was Sean and Anime Voice Kiddo. Kiddo and Sean both had thoughts that collaborate well with each other. She was ripe for the entertainment business and she wanted to do the entertainment business. Again bad timing put her in a place where we could not work together. Kiddo is not afraid to work she was always up to get where she wanted to get. I remember Sean talking to a recording Industry guy in Nashville if things were going to work out that in the summer he wanted to manage Anime Voice Kiddo and get Yuka a real Manger.Emails were sent some people actually refuse to look at Yuka's stuff. It was frustrating. The biggest blow was however was at the time was actual local Japanese acts like Star Marie or even Japanese Idols Flying to perform at Anime conventions. I love Yuka but can you imagine actually her competing with a Real  Akihabara Idol for concert time at Anime Blues. The sanity came when Sean said" What music do you Hate?" " I hate country!" I would say" What if Someone hates Country and you keep trying to sell them Country? We have to accept these people do not want to buy what we are selling" . I remember when Sean let everyone know that he wanted to make videos for political gain. At the time of  The Sandy Hook Massacre happened it was scary. People thought they were coming to take your weapons away. Whether you agree with the Second Amendment or not videos about the second Amendment get views and Sean was getting more views than any video with the luscious Cole or the Cute Jasmine.  We moved on and I remember Mark Levin talking on the radio about doing what you love and doing something fulfilling." Sean feels he loves the J-pop Idols and Kpop Dancers but he is fulfilled when he helps people understand Gun rights and things like that. His plans for Kiddo changed then in February 2013 and hoped she understood that he was moving on to other things the Anime conventions are tiring and the excitement of a girl  about Asian Music from up to down is an emotional roller coaster. This blog will continue with the Strange relationships in the J-pop  and K-Pop Community