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Friday, February 23, 2007

Acute Morning Musumeitis (AMM)


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Originally uploaded by Xepheiro.
An acute syndrome of attraction to, or, mesmerised by the most famous girl group in the Hello! Project family - Morning Musume.

It is caused by the 'Morning Musume-san virus", only found to spread by watching MM videos and MTVs for more than 5 hours. Apparently, this syndrome affects mostly men that are exposed to MM. There are causalities, yet to be be found in the female gender.

Possible symptoms:
- Having more than 5GB worth of videos on MM in their comps
- Handphone wallpapers and ringtones are from MM
- Will faint on the sight of their favorite girl in MM doing something cute/ stupid
- Would watch their mtvs and videos repeatedly
- mimic the actions or sounds of the girls in MM. Eg, "Charmy!! Happy! by Rika Ishikawa"
- Feel happy when watching MM dancing and singing
- They think about MM throughout the day
- Know all the names of the girl in the group. Be it graduated or not.
- Spent time looking for more video feeds like youtube on MM
- listening to MM songs for hours

It seems that AMM doesn't have much detrimental effects. Possible non-detrimental effects are increased standards in ratings of girls, Increased attraction to Kawaii-ness, and increased levels of devotion of MM.

More research are being conducted on the long term effects of this intriguing new syndrome.

Please be advised that the symptoms varies with subjects. Please do not use this as a absolute guide for self-diagnosis. Consult a doctor if needed.