K-On! Single “Fuwa Fuwa Time” Third in Charts

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Girl band anime K-On!‘s most recent single release, ふわふわ時間 / Fuwa Fuwa (Fluffy) Time currently stands on the #3 spot on Oricon’s weekly single charts since it’s release last Wednesday, continuing K-On!’s extraordinarily successful position on Japan’s music charts.

The single, released last week on 6/20, is the insert song played in episode 6 during the Keion-bu’s first concert performance.

If you have yet to had the pleasure, it can be heard below:

Fans will (?) be relieved to note that the full version has Yui singing after her voice has returned, rather than the cutely hoarse voice used in the episode.

Oricon’s rankings are viewable here.

The Fuwa Fuwa Time single CD is available online.



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    Comment by Mio Fanboy
    07:20 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I've had this song for ages. Dunno how it just came out..weird.

    Comment by iapfah
    08:49 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sore throat Yui or GTFO

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:21 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    seconded. funniest thing ever.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:41 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "The single, released last week on 6/20,..."

    Heh...

    Comment by psycholoner
    08:28 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    its kinda ranked 18th now...just to let you know

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:54 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The article is talking about fuwa fuwa time....not the other singles

    Comment by psycholoner
    14:59 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    yea...fuwafuwa time was ranked 18th when I posted

    Comment by psycholoner
    15:00 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    sorri...nvm

    Comment by Birfhum
    07:08 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm surprised it's popular, I thought the song sucked...

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:12 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Not that great. I would save money to buy some real musics.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:19 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Appreciate your heartfelt opinion. Enjoy your Miley Cyrus.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:17 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ritsu's armpits... *nosebleed*

    Comment by Game8910
    06:21 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    the other song on the single is better

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:27 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    is dat sum GAY CAKE GIRL

    Comment by Aldwin30
    16:18 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Didn't like it for some reason...

    Comment by SyaoranLi
    09:58 29/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    good music man!!! oh yeah, I loved

    Comment by muteKi
    10:50 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Elegant in its simplicity. And Mio's VA is a brilliant singer!

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:16 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    LOSSLESS FTW!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Paolowashere
    12:11 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Waki... I seem to get attracted to Ritsu more than my Mugi Ojou-sama

    Comment by blue_blue
    02:34 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So first was the guitar things.
    Then, the seifuku things.
    And now this...

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:33 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    NOMNOMNOM this needs the waki tag.

    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:16 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Don't spill your saliva on my lovely Ritsu's armpits~!!!

    Comment by BB
    02:40 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    wow.. delicious ritsu pits there, great pic.

    song was pretty catchy, i like it.. i dont know how long though. i cycle through a lot of music genres each week

    Comment by sunshinesan
    02:43 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yui's destroyed the song during the ep. I might actually enjoy this now that they got rid of that.

    Comment by basilio
    02:43 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The song itself is not bad =P... though I enjoy the ED a lot better than this.

    Comment by wolf
    02:42 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's said in Japan that the seane of this song looks like L'Arc~en~Ciel's PV.

    Driver's High
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUFnsOzBdlw

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:55 29/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Brilliant Green also did that in videos years ago :p

    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:19 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Because both Hyde and Friends and Mio and Friends ride a car in their video clips..?

    Comment by Val Varo
    02:33 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Eh, it was better with Husky Voice Yui.

    Comment by Elmo
    02:24 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lyrics?

    I think I hear them repeating the word "popotan"

    Comment by basilio
    02:40 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Popotan!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ6oePkrK7s !! ぽぽた~ん♪

    No, I only hear fuwa-fuwa time... hahaha.

    Comment by blue_blue
    02:22 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    AZUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Comment by Cerenado
    06:16 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Comment by Kai-kun
    02:18 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    AWESUM!

    Downloading this one right now!

    Comment by Dullahan8
    02:45 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hm? It came out last week? I downloaded it a month ago.

    Comment by HELL0
    07:49 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    WOW

    Don't say "lazy" is first
    Cageyake Girls is second
    Fuwa Fuwa Time is third

    This is an omen!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:07 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    No you didn't. It was released last week. You downloaded either Don't say lazy or Cagayake girls last month.

    Comment by fatimmortal
    07:58 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I downloaded the song a long time ago, as well.

    gendou.com

    Cheers, to the interwebz.

    Comment by King of Hentai Gods
    06:24 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Internet FTW!!! Everything is FREE LOLz!! Good job Mr 1st post!

    Comment by sanimej2
    09:02 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    He's right I downloaded it a couple of weeks ago myself and I also have the other 2 singles that was released.

    Comment by nanashi
    03:18 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    buy it. thief

    Comment by King of Hentai Gods
    06:25 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    u too lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:24 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol.

    Comment by Ren ichimoku
    14:53 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ^^ great song i like it hehehe....

    Comment by liveevil
    02:25 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Is this due to otakus alone?

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:09 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    that's what i was wondering too when don't say lazy was #1 but then again one person bought like a bijillion copies

    i like all their songs anyway :3

    Comment by hapa
    02:28 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well have you heard the song? I can't believe any sane person would buy this crap.

    Comment by Yuuichi Aizawa
    09:43 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    already bought it :3

    Comment by liveevil
    02:38 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well if you consider the fact that the anime is slice of life which is quite popular with non-otaku girls compared to non-otaku boys [who only watch shonen AFAI've observed] it not might be due to otakus alone..

    Although it should be noted that there are otakus who buy multiple copies so i guess it is possible that this is purely the otaku's doing.

    Comment by fatimmortal
    08:03 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'd buy the CD.

    Seriously, music isn't all about the lyrics. Instruments used and the tabs played for each instrument also count.

    In my opinion, "Fuwa Fuwa Time" passes my instrumental judgement. Though, the lyrics are only slowly growing onto me.

    Comment by liveevil
    02:39 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Also i agree, don't like utter crap songs.

    INB4 YOKO KANNO

    Comment by liveevil
    04:03 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Otaku certainly accounts for the lion’s share of momentum behind these sales, but considering the sheer number of purchases required to make it to the top of Japan’s national sales charts, there must be a significant number of non-otaku involved somewhere."

    That's exactly what i was thinking. The target demographic is too small to account for the entire amount of sales.

    Comment by Quen
    03:35 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Otaku certainly accounts for the lion's share of momentum behind these sales, but considering the sheer number of purchases required to make it to the top of Japan's national sales charts, there must be a significant number of non-otaku involved somewhere.

    We don't have any more detailed information to give here, apart from what Oricon provides on their web site.

    Comment by basilio
    02:42 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So, you're implying that all people who watch K-on (otakus and "normal" people alike) are not sane? If that's true, I don't wanna know what sane is!

    Heck, being "normal" is overrated. Normality is only concurrent with the social values of the time.

    Comment by basilio
    08:05 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thank you for clearing that up, liveevil, I think Anon there misinterpreted what I was saying. I was only meaning to distinguish the "normal" people from the "otakus", and nothing further.

    @Anon: Questioning my own sanity or normality is not quite appropriate as I am basing my judgment solely on my own experiences.

    Like you said, an insane person will find those around him insane. However, an insane person will find the insane people around him sane, would he not? It all comes down to perspective. And as we all know, each and every one of us possess a unique perspective which is reflected by the experiences which we have individually been through.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:56 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ahaha~

    thanks for clearing 'em all up. actually i was responding to liveevil, and i did misinterpret him. sorry. i just resent something when it comes down to people categorize another group of people as "retarded" or "insane" or whatever it is. like what basilio had said, everything is just relative.

    my point was only: when one categorizes a person different from him as insane or retarded, he should first ask himself who's actually the insane and retarded one here.

    Comment by basilio
    11:37 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ohhhh haha, yah, I get what you're saying. Assuming that other people who are different from you are insane or retarded is indeed a heinous display of discrimination and prejudice.

    Thought it will be hard for the person to see that he is the insane/retarded one, let alone admit the fact. Moreover, he would only be considered insane/retarded by the mainstream society, since it is the relative normality of which we speak of so commonly.

    Comment by liveevil
    02:44 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually being normal/average is quite underrated nowadays. Being "different" is what's overrated if you think about it.

    >Insert Nami Hitō's line here<

    Comment by liveevil
    04:07 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "well, being insane in group of insane people is considered “normal” too. that means being different isn’t the same as being insane. so if u are going as far as implying that others are insane, u better question ur own sanity, cause an insane person thinks that the people around him is insane."

    Well the guy's usage of normal is somewhat different to what you're implying which is relative normality.

    "(otakus and “normal” people alike)"

    The way i understood him is that normal people are non-otakus or average people like Nami Hitō from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, hence the reference to her line "don't call me normal!".

    Comment by NO MEANS YES
    03:37 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Exactly right. Being "different" has become the cool trend today. Therefore I strive to be a polar opposite. Because whatever is cool is actually pretty fucking retarded.

    Hope that makes sense.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:06 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    well, being insane in group of insane people is considered "normal" too. that means being different isn't the same as being insane. so if u are going as far as implying that others are insane, u better question ur own sanity, cause an insane person thinks that the people around him is insane.

    anyway, i also approve though, that yoko kanno's Macross Frontier songs are the only ones really deserve places in the oricon chart

    Comment by nicute
    02:46 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Does the people around you complains when you listen to the music you like?

    Let them listen to what they like...

    It's a free world

    Comment by liveevil
    03:01 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    purupurupururin pururin~
    purupuru pururin pu pupururin~
    purupurupururin pururin~
    purupuru pururin pu pupururin~

    purupurupururin pururin~
    purupuru pururin pu pupururin~

    purupurupururin pururin~
    purupuru pururin pu pupururin~

    purupurupururin pururin~
    purupuru pururin pu pupururin~

    Comment by MasterCJ
    02:25 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This makes me all happy inside :3

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:44 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    this makes me all happy inside mio

    Comment by Omochikaeri
    12:54 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Get out of my wife.

    Comment by Habiba Sarabi
    02:30 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Okay , now release My Love is a Stapler

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    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:15 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Perfect Demand~!

    Comment by Exia
    03:27 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yes that's the best one of them all.

    Comment by liveevil
    03:02 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Reminds me of erobeam!

    Comment by maru
    02:27 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuwa fuwa time~

    Love how they pronounce it as "huwa huwa time". I know, its the F and H thing again. Me loves it.

    Comment by fxc2
    03:41 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This has become quite the thing after the anime adaptation. Of course KyotoAni can't make anything bad (at least what we've seen for now.) However, this song ain't half bad either. Although we all know that it wouldn't be so popular if it weren't for the anime...

    Comment by Yangth
    04:28 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I happen to like the verses, but the chorus isn't as catchy.

    Comment by t//B
    04:31 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Mmm.. Delicious Ritsu Waki.

    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:44 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Reimu's got a challenger~!!!

    Amazing how Ritsu's able to wake the Waki-complexity among people here..

    Comment by maru
    06:52 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Reimu shall not be challenged.

    Comment by MaidNiac
    03:23 29/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She needs to go now.. There's already a lot of good competitors like Nagi-sama, Marta Lualdi, Gwendolyn, etc..

    *Kyun shield activated*

    Though i can admit Reimu is the predecessor of the waki fetish..

    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:30 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sweet~! Still waiting for mine to arrive from Play-asia X3

    +1 for the single's international sale.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:54 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    this song's is actually very good. unlike the two predecessors, which are too "anime" to be judged among all other songs. this song fulfills the quality of being a "normal" music band song, pretty much like god knows and lost my music in haruhi. though #3 in oricon chart is kinda too much, but i do think this song deserves its place much more than the former two.

    Comment by iapfah
    08:46 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't think you know what a "normal" song is. That FUWA FUWA TIME FUWA FUWA TIME is much less acceptable for most people than Don't Say Lazy.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:05 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i know, i really know. i'm a band member myself. don't say lazy sounds very normal, it does, compared to cagayake. but the compositions inside are rarely found in a non-anime songs. fuwa2 time might sounds too "tralalala light hearted" for a normal song, and sounds sooo anime. but this song is more likely to be performed by a band.

    i was merely talking from the musical perspective, though. about being acceptable or not by non-otakus, that's another story.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:40 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    u are rite there. actually in the world of music there isn't any format or formula for any kind of music. i'm talking about a band song. don't say lazy sounds much more like a "rock" song, which differs it from the other cutesy atmosphered anime stamped song. but arrangement-wise, i think it's not likely to be performed by a band with standard formation.

    fuwa2 time sounds more cute, though (especially there's yui's voice). so perhaps u are too concentrated on the cutesy atmosphere in this case. but yeah, it's only my way of seeing this thing. please consider this nothing more than a mere opinion.

    Comment by iapfah
    11:51 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    What, you mean the structure? All songs don't have to follow a certain formula.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:45 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    what
    how was don't say lazy not a 'normal' song?

    Comment by Obsidian
    03:09 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I guess my post was unacceptable lol.

    In any case, this song is really refreshing. Except that Mio gets to sing it. AGAIN.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:20 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    the second song tsubasa wo kudasai has all 4 band members singing it. they're all quite good! why was it always mio takes the vocal, kinda bored here...

    Comment by Algester
    06:12 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    another thing is that Mio actually in the the manga becomes the bassist/vocalist of the club so yeah...

    Comment by MaidNiac
    04:42 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe it's because Mio's seiyuu is the one who can sing the best among the four so they decided to have her sing most of the Soundtrack, just like how majority of the Nanoha series OST are sung by Fate (Mizuki Nana) instead of Nanoha...

    Comment by Loli Star
    03:12 28/05/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Word up son.
    Downloading this and adding it
    to my PSP.




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