I love Yuki. There, I've said it, and now my fandom is complete. She was the laser beam shining from Judy and Mary's raygun, may they rest in peace.

Out of their ashes, she messed around with Chara and Co. for a while in Mean Machine (recommended for all sentient beings), and then started here amazing solo career, with [Prismic] in 2002, [Commune] in 2003, and a whole lot of singles before and after. Thus, even after JAM, I've been in Yuki heaven.

The only area that I've been deficient is in accumulating her singles, usually waiting for the inevitable albums instead (since in Japan albums are often singles collections). That's a shame, because I've been missing out on some limited releases and B-sides of merit. So, I've been making up for it lately, and recently acquired her last two singles, [Home Sweet Home], and [Harogubai] ("Hello Goodbye").

[Home Sweet Home] is a a sweet ballad for the [Naruto] anime (I think the movie). I don't care for that phenomenon, but Yuki does well considering. [AIR WAVE], the B-side, is a country-fied ditty which I prefer, sounding more like a slight evolution of the Yuki I know. Please note that it's an Andy Sturmer song, which makes it sound very Puffy. If you like that sort of thing, then definitely check it out.

[Hello Goodbye] is much more my style, starting out all twinkly stars then quickly becoming Sgt. Pepper meets NiNa. In other words, it's special sounding and deserving of hit status - I like it tons. [Soar] (translated title) is so synth-tastic that you have to show respect. It's perky and perfect for riding down the highway - you have to dig the folded out cover with Yuki riding a Segway transporter, along with a bird on her head. There's even pseudo-rap in the middle, which brings it to full brilliance. This is what Tommy Februrary6 dreams of sounding like.

It's a foregone conclusion that the album is due relatively soon, [Joy], will be outstanding. I've also recently ordered two DVDs that are coming our way in 2005, a Promotional Video collection called [Yuki Video] on 3.2.2005, not to mention a live DVD [Sweet Home Rock 'n Roll Tour] on the same date (Zepp Tokyo concert filmed on 9.2004).

In short, you must respect and represent Yuki, because she's made the stars shine and clouds move for many a year now. For more info, check out my Judy and Mary shrine which is Yuki heavy.

Expect more details soon about her two current albums (which are amazing), along with the upcoming [Joy] release.