so in 2019 i was into kpop, and i discovered suzuki airi somehow on twitter, like idk she just crossed my timeline one day, i think maybe i searched up buono out of nostalgia because i knew them from shugo chara and she popped up? yeah i'm pretty sure that was it. anyway i was like OMG airi was in buono. slay. and then i learned about hellopro and read about them on generasia and was like woah... so many groups.... morning musume seemed cool to me but they were a bit daunting for a new fan with their history, so i looked at the newest group then, beyooooonds, and with my first watch of nippon no dna, i immediately fell in love. and the rest is history! i fell down the hellopro rabbit hole HARD and then checked out akb48 and fell in love with THEM and learned alt idols were a thing and ahhh it's all so much... but it's been a fun (if exhausting) ride since :)