Six Flags up – wait, that was cheesy on so many levels.

I actually meant to get to this earlier, but when you consider the following release was put out on the same day as AAA’s Natsumono and the week I left for Otakon… can you blame me? (Also. More gratuitous references to AAA!)

Much like m.o.v.e, Miura Daichi took an unfortunate year-and-a-half break between the release of his last (and first) album and Flag, his latest single.

(Really, avex. What is it with you? My favorite artist under you, AAA, averages a release every month. And then every artist I like that’s managed by you, with the exception of Shimatani Hitomi, is on some completely whacked-out release schedule. Kayou Aiko and her 9-singles-before-her-first-album stint, DRM (formerly dream) and their musical hiatus with serial mini-albums (I want an album release with Soyokaze/STORY, dammit!), and we’ve already covered m.o.v.e and Daichi.)

SYSTEMATIC, yes. FANTASY, perhaps.

I’m still not quite over my AAA kick from Otakon, so you’ll forgive the liberal and pointless mention of them at the end of this post. (I also have another post from Otakon to make, but it seems I may not have the time to get around to that before I leave for Hong Kong this Saturday.) Now without further ado…

Once I called m.o.v.e’s motsu one of the hottest (if in an unorthodox way) men in JPop.

It still holds true.

How many rappers can you think of (never mind the JPop sphere, just in general) who can dress like an office man with a sole floppy spike protruding from his hair and dance stiffly with white OLs – but still look cool?

…I thought so.

After what has been practically a year and a half hiatus from releasing anything, m.o.v.e is back. And with their latest and 27th single, SYSTEMATIC FANTASY/Good Day Good Time, I think it was very well worth the wait.