I think that list Jurina mentioned is pretty good:
Acchan --> Mayu (Ace/Face, drawing in new people)
Yuko --> Jurina (Entertainer, good at variety, good performer)
Takamina --> Yui (Reliability, leadership)
Rena --> Paru (Pale with black hair silent type, not for everybody but still among the top).
Yukirin --> Milky (Flirty, girly)
Akimoto --> Yamamoto
She also mentioned Sae --> Haruu, but I don't really see it.
Sae has that real ikemen vibe that makes all the other girls fall in love with her. Haruu is a different type of manly.
Heh interesting since i think the same about yui and takamina.
Then i remembered about those details that all of you have mentioned about yuko, mayu and jurina...
When was decided that acchan would be the ace even she said she couldn't make it, and other members said it too, then from this point of view, let's remember they were more or less around jurina's age and just because this detail i think jurina can achieve this goal. she is not exactly my oshi but is one of the members i like the most.
acchan knew her weak points and worked hard to fulfill her role as the ace, the way she can she did i think, but those were different times, the group was young... this time is a big family and i think if takamina is still there, if yuko and haruna are still there, then the change can't be doing, not because jurina or mayu or yuko or paru, it's just because the essence or image left by the first generation (heh yuko as well
i admit) and we know takamina as the gm she is just over the rol of ace, so she doesn't count
(she is like a goddess) acchan will always be the ace of akb48 (first gen and a goddess) i think, now is the turn of second gen, the reason yuko doesn't suit, because yuko is the great idol team k ace and lider and all akb48 back-ace (and a goddess) o.o i don't know i it is well said o.o
nobody can replace acchan as the ace
nobody can replace yuko as the eternal great rival and all-aim-to-be idol (back-ace).
nobody can replace takamina as the leader she is.
because they're uniques, the same as each member.
then here it comes... since mayu is in the group she sparkles
she is well known and as the ace i think she will do really well, if she is trying her best to be the idol she is, she will try the hardest to be the ace that all of we want, if she es selected as the new ace for sure she won't disappoint anyone.
since jurina is in the gropu she sparkles
indeed she was the youngest and thanks to that she is who she is, she has learned a lot of things and she has shown that she is as good as whoever is in front of her, because of that i think if jurina wasn't there... mayu would be the ace but..
since jurina exist in akb she has to be the ace, because she works so hard and is so young that she can commite a lot of mistakes and every member around her can help her and she won't disapoint anyone because she is still learning... err is human, and the essence of the new gen.
Mayu is the perfect ace to make a transition and jurina is the perfect ace to the next gen afer mayu graduates, but i think if jurina will be the ace right now i won't complain since she is a great idol.
then my first option is mayu and my second option is jurina.
but i think the ace has to be someone who is reliable for most of the members, why not they do their own ace selection? i wonder. that would be interesting.
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