For Hey!Say!JUMP fans, these couple of days have been a roller coaster ride.

First is Ryutaro being suspended indefinitely from HSJ's activities for underage smoking. Personally I don't find underage smoking a big deal. But I can understand its seriousness from his agency's point of view. It could have affected HSJ's positive role model image. There are questions in my head such as who took the photos of Ryutaro smoking, but I hate to speculate. It will just make the matter appear worse than it actually is.

Anyway, I don't like the fact that the magazine had published the article right before the release of "Over". It is obvious that the magazine chose this time to gain more attention to improve their magazine sales. They hadn't care if the article would hurt fans' feelings just when they were looking forward to the single release.

Next is a piece of happier news. HSJ's single "Over" sold over 113,554 copies on the first day. This figure is even higher than their debut single, "Ultra Music Power". :)

Labels: 7th single, morimoto ryutaro, over, sales, scandal