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Banner image: Shihatsu-Machi Underground.  Whew! Just four posts away from hitting 500 consecutive Saturdays of Weekenders, the streak was almost broken this morning. I am traveling for my niece’s Junior High School graduation (this whole preamble was supposed to be about the stark difference between these graduations of joy versus the devastating ennui of idol graduations we are typically…

Banner image: NARUKAMI.  I am on the road this week and compiling the Weekender on a cranky laptop with sticky keys and an ailing monitor. Please take any random typos or errors as reassurance that the compilation of The Weekender is one of the few remaining recurrent, web-based features yet to be turned over to AI. We here at Homicidols dot com still deliver 100% fully organic written content…

Banner image: Jiemei.  Welcome back to another week in the idol trenches. As we know, there’s not a lot of money in chika idol these days, so I doubt any of you arrived here expecting a slew of high-budget, narrative-driven cinematic MVs this week. This is good! Because almost every single music video that dropped in the last seven days is a performance, dance, or live MV. So, this week’s theme…

Banner image: Quubi x YOLOZ.  The first Weekender of April is always a difficult task due to the struggle of sorting the April Fools Day pranks from the more serious releases. Since around half of the idol units that we cover display glimmers of insanity on a regular basis, it’s hard to know just when they’re joking. Now that April 1st is firmly in the rear view mirror, let’s get down to the…

Banner image: Sengoku.  Idol April Fools Day is the third biggest holiday on the idol calendar (next to Idol Halloween and Idol X-Mas). While its still April 1st in the west, the day has already come and gone in Japan. So, while you hide from cringey co-workers, annoying family members, and all of their corny pranks, enjoy this collection of the more creative April Fools Day stunts pulled off by…

Banner image: SICXXX.  Everyone must be distracted by cherry blossoms and forgot to upload any MVs this week. Its weird. With a few notable exceptions, there’s a dearth of new music videos to share. We still have plenty of intriguing new music and heartbreaking oshiloss news,  so we are not lacking for content. Oh yeah! The WACK auditioned camp happened this week as well. We saved that bit of meh…

Banner image: XINXIN.  It’s been a rough slog through March, especially on the Oshiloss front. I’m also stuck at work for the foreseeable future with no time off to travel to see any idol lives. This means I will need to live vicariously through others so, for anyone who makes it out see idols, be sure to let us know what the rest of us missed over on the Homicidols Discord server.  Continue…

Banner image: BNSI.  I’m hanging out in Vegas this weekend, so I’m going to keep the preamble short: welcome to your 486th consecutive weekly digest of chika idol news, releases, disbandments, and unexpected revivals. Continue reading Your Homicidols Weekender #486

Banner image: PIGGS. Happy Valentine’s Day!! Go buy a box of chocolates for your oshi and then eat them yourself since they don’t accept edible gifts from wota. While enjoying your bons bons, we got a lot to go over this week, so let’s dive in: Continue reading Your Homicidols Weekender #482

Today we, once again, turn our site over to BobIsRandom, denizen of the Homicidols Discord Server and REBEL REBEL’s number one overseas fan. For any other readers out there who have the urge to put into writing their thoughts and feelings about an idol unit, album, MV or event, feel free to forward unpublished articles to [email protected] and we will consider posting it here on…

Banner image: YOLOZ.  My trip to Japan is, sadly, drawing to a close. This is my last weekend in Tokyo for the foreseeable future and I am scrambling to get my last few shows in. Last night was YURAPICO’s birthday party which was a blast. Shion dropped by for a mini-GUSO Drop reunion and Boss Rei’s fancy animal punk band, Knuckle Chiwawa, performed for the first time in over a year. It was an…

Greetings from Japan! I arrived safely earlier this week and am experiencing that bizarre time warp where it’s Saturday evening and I am finishing up this Weekender so it can publish at 8:00 am this morning, 15 hours ago. So far, I’ve had a great time in Tokyo. I’ve seen RAY, ponderosa may bloom, YURAPICO,  PLANCK STARS, CIRCLE CRUSHER, SUPER MACARONI SALAD, and more. I need to wrap this up an…

Happy 2026!! The ballots have been counted, the results certified, and your winners are announced below BUT before we get to that: I want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s Best of the Year activities. We had a 30% increase in voter participation over last year which I really appreciate. Ten years into this venture that is Homicidols, it only means anything because of you all, so…