I thought H&A was supposed to be their super top secret alter-egos. or at least I think in my fucked up head
No, you're not hallucinating, Big D, this time anyway....

They did start Sakura Con with the "they
might be..." but Mae noticed in France that the person in charge of the H&A project was changed out to someone more familiar with UFA procedures. (She was bummed by it.)
But it does explain why IY are showing up on the various JP shows as themselves but also plugging "Sadistic Dance". And also, H&A stuff and events are being promoted in M-Line now.
So it seems they kind of corrected the biggest flaw of the original formula is that the young women themselves are the best promotion tools that they weren't using before.
I remember the big surprising gasp from audience members when they appearance on Itomo (or whatever that call in show was) when they explained that they were part of H&A.
Also, back to the pics in R's blog, I've been noticing that a lot of them appear to be taken by someone who "happens" to be hanging around.

Though I'm sure she's got enough clout by saying to a stranger "I'm Rika Ishikawa, could you take my pic please?" But I'd rather think it's a more consistent photographer behind it all.
