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the drama seems that failed hard and disbanding rumors are growing up

The drama in which Perfume had leading roles cannot even get talked about…the rumor of their disbandment is going around.
On Mach 31st and April 1st, the drama in which Perfume played starring roles for the first time was on air for two days consecutively. The dramatist was Izumi Kizara. Izumi Kizara is a pen name of married couple of playwrights, and their works were also produced jointly by husband and wife. They wrote scripts for ‘Nobuta wo produce’ which is the drama Kazuya Kamenashi and Maki Horikita played leading roles in 2005, ‘Sexy Voice and Robo’ in which Kenichi Matsuyama was starring and broadcasted in 2007. The drama ‘pensée’ was highly prased by Perfume fans, but persons in the (show) business are looking it differently.
“The rumors get thicker that Perfume is going to split-up. The drama was entertaining for the fans indeed, but the people except for fans took another slant. They gave it a critical look. Before going into a discussion of their acting, first of all the drama itself was like a reception held to honor Perfume. Even though the drama was their first one to play leading roles, it was not talked about at all and, of all things, Perfume made incautious remarks, like, “We felt Tokyo Television had really an unusual sense of timing when they requested us to appear on the drama (laughs).” Their company feels Perfume is stuck in a rut as musicians, so wishes Perfume to be active on variety shows or as actresses. But they said the three are refusing it. So, it is a matter of time for Perfume, ‘The Candies in Heisei’ to disband like their predecessor did, and go back to ‘ordinary girls’. (by a person in music industry)

http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw2732005