[News] Jurina to Team K. Milky to Team B

[gekikarabuACE]

Some comments from key NMB and SKE members.

Sayanee's at a loss for words to describe how she feels about it.

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山本彩 -  3:46 AM

Sorry for keeping you all waiting.

Concerning Milky’s temporary transfer…
honestly, it’s complicated.

From now on, as a part of Team N,
carrying out activities as a part of NMB,
after a variety of decisions were made,
this time’s announcement was for her
as a member.

Even though I also wished her “Congratulations”,
something just felt off.

But there’s nothing that we should be sad about.

Because the fact that Milky is a member
of Team N will not change.
So even though my feelings right now
are hard to put into words,

I want us to do our best together.

That is what I think.

I can’t describe it well using words,
I’m sorry. ><

Rena, as expected, is more succinct about it with her post (but not before spending a restless night thinking about it, as her G+ posts implies).

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Rena speaking (・ω・)

Good morning.

Compared with yesterday when it was announced that Jurina will be holding two positions, my agitation and anxiety had calmed down a lot by daybreak. Right now, I’m mostly worried.

The instant the announcement happened, I embraced Jurina tightly not wanting her to be taking away from me/us, feeling the same, everybody rushed to form a circle around us.

Jurina too was in bewilderment , but suddenly she gently  untied her hands from ours and walked forward of her own.

At that time, I didn’t hear the announcement that she would be holding two positions (because I was panicking) so I thought Jurina had made up her mind already… With that thought in mind, I watch her back getting away from us.

During the greeting that followed, of her own mouth when she said 「as Team S and Team K member」 I ascertained she was resolute.

I couldn’t talk to Jurina properly about it yet, so those are all just my own thoughts, ok?
But at any rate, now I worry for that Jurina who gives her everything when she is burdened with responsibility.
 
I’m convinced having Jurina joining Team K  will be a + for both AKB and SKE.
But I realize that compared to the current situation, it will become even harder to manage,  is she not going to collapse?
Being full of those worrying feelings, I want to hear Jurina’s feelings.

Agreement, opposition, there are many opinions on that matter I think.
Many things are still pending or there is a lot we don’t understand.
But even though, I want Jurina to know that when she will come back, I will greet her with a smile 「Welcome home」,「Thank you for coming back to us」.

(Re・ω・na)

Explains perfectly that picture of Rena hugging Churi. They really thought it was permanent, and that Jurina is resolutely accepting it. Must've been a heartbreaking moment for them.

[yukofan]

i'm confused..

are Jurina and milky have 2 team now? or they were transfered and will only do performance with their new team before come back again to their original team?

[SomethingWild]

I let this sink in for a day so I could form an opinion on all this 


First of all, the KKS promotions:
Kato Rena: No surprise, she's been up and coming for a while now.
Kawaei Rina: I'm sorta sad they broke up the Natori/Kawaei combi, but she will do just fine.
Iwata Karen: She can sing! That's always a plus. She'll be an asset to the group for sure.
Tano Yuka: She's been quite invisible to me, so her promotion comes as a bit of a surprise
Takahashi Juri: Aw yeah! She's awesome.


Secondly, Jurina to Team K:
- If she goes to school in Tokyo I think this will work in her benefit because she'll have to travel less.
- Jurina is already in everything AKB48 related, so it won't change that much in that aspect.
- I want more of this:



From an SKE48 point of view it sorta sucks. Aki-P's idea seems to be: SKE48 is no competition to AKB48 so I'm shaking things up so they will work harder? Not sure how that will work out. I've been saying Team S/SKE48 is in need of some re-structuring. Adding J to AKB48 is definitely not what I had in mind, but it may open the door to further promotions and shuffles.


Thirdly, Milky to Team B:
- I don't get the idea behind this at all. NMB48 will be able to provide stronger competition against AKB48 with Milky in the group at all times.
- Team B is full of girls with 'sexual appeal' like Kasai and even Yuki... Milky also oozes pheromones, but so many girls like that in one group might cause friction.
- So yeah, strange idea and I don't really see how this will work out for the better. In the end, Milky might benefit from it due to the extra exposure, but as one of NMB48's aces and a regular participant in AKB48's stuff it might not add that much.


So yeah, definitely mixed feelings. It's interesting how Aki-P chose the #2 ace from each group (even though J may be the face of SKE more than Rena). Maybe there's some deep theory behind it. In the end:
- I think it will benefit the girls as individuals
- It sucks really hard for the remaining KKS. Team 8 my ass, these are two opportunities that have been stolen from them.
- I don't see how SKE and NMB will benefit from this at all
- WH7 was also "temporary" 

[Amplifier]

Some more translations of comments from Aki-P and TGSK: http://bilingual48.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-afterthoughts-from-akip-and.html

[Melchizadek]

My initial reaction: How the hell am I going to get Romajifier48 to handle a girl in two different groups/teams?

Yeah, I'm weird that way. It's probably a coping mechanism.

On the other hand, I'm thrilled that my favorite Kenkyuusei all got promoted. Though I'd rather have seen Kato Rena in Team K and Kawaei Rina in Team B.

[pastil]

0:27~0:48 Jurina and Milky's reactions.

[mode107]

Wow at all of these announcements.

AKB is getting craaaaaazy.

[jafeijai]

Jurina and Milky's reactions.

Without the announcer's voice (starting 1:12ish)

[yukofan]

shocking news, aki-P's weird ideas, unpredictable...That's make AKB more interesting..

[SomethingWild]

Announcements start at 2:55



That was painful to watch. I truly feel bad for them now. That's just cruel 

With the 2009 Team shuffles they all shared the experience... now it's just two girls, completely out of the blue.

[gekikarabuACE]

Was just about to post that. Really... If reading about this news didn't make you cry yet, then how about watching it first hand?

I know I honestly did after seeing Masana, Yukko, and the other's reactions. They were literally screaming and crying.

I was somewhat okay with the news, but seeing SKE like that... too cruel. It's too cruel. ;_;

[Kid_Alpha]

Yup that was really more painful to watch than read or see the itsy bitsy clips from before.

Ugh just hearing and seeing them cry from this.. ;~;

[Heika88]

this is the video you want to see and don't want to see at the same time..too much emotion 

TGSK's job is good job to managed an Idol group like AKB48 but sometimes he has to announce some difficult news like this one.

[YKT]

June 1, 2012

[Amplifier]

Now in HD! FUCK YEAH, JURINA Need me this LOD.

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[pastil]

F5 F5 F5 wanna see the full LOD already.

[t-motion]

[Rust]

Learning all the Team K stage in two months with such a busy schedule is truly impressive!

Jurina used to be the tallest in Team S (I think) at 163 cm, now she's like below average (since Tomomi & Yuko is not presented! )
Must feel kind of weird for her.

[yukofan]

http://www.akb48wrapup.com/2012/06/jurina-warmly-welcomed-by-all-team-k.html

jurina 

[Masa]

120601 松井珠理奈 前半MC 「チームKはこんなチームだ！」