Basically, I am in the middle of an addiction that I don't I'll get out of. Which is Kashiwagi Yuki *Drools*. I was watching a thread about AKB48's Request Hour Best 200 and I found out she was gonna perform one of my favorite duets Scandalous ni Ikou with Kojima Haruna (Who's one of the original singers alongside Oshima Yuko but she's graduating so that's why Yukirin's performing) but I realised Scandalous wouldn't be the same song without the wonderful squirrel known as Oshima Yuko.

Kojima and Oshima's version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIlId9CW6M

Kojima and Kashiwagi's version

(There's no video because the concert was yesterday but I can give pictures)

-Insert Kojima's IG pic with Kashiwagi here (Will edit when I get the pic)-

I think (even though videos haven't came out yet) Yukirin has done a pretty good job of doing Yuko's parts in Scandalous but honestly it is not the same as the original. Same with Temodemo no Namida. Kashiwagi and Saeki did a good job of providing the original vocals for it, Saeki graduated. Nothing you can do about it. But when other members provide the vocals alongside Yuki, it doesn't sound the same. Except if your Watanabe Mayu of course :D. Mayu is one of those members whose voice fits with Yuki's the most. Aside from the reason they're from the same generation of AKB (3rd :P),they have practically the range, breath length and so on. But KojiYuu were one of those, idol-fan pairs. Yuko's oshimen in AKB is Kojima and so on and so forth. MaYuki is the same but a motherly, daughterly relation~ When Mayu was transfered to Team A, I cried knowing Mayu wouldn't have the support Yukirin gave her~ Same with Kojima and Takahashi~ When different girlbonds within AKB get separated I feel sad.

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Longest blog I've done to date XD By myself~