General discussion on AKB48, SKE48, and any other kenkyuusei/sub-members can go here. We didn't really have a place for general chatter, just polls for each generation, so here ya go. Doubt this'll be a high traffic thread but we need a space for when there is some news and views. AKB's kenkyuusei do full theater shows, after all!
Last night I watched the July 22nd Kenkyuusei on demand show and was pretty impressed with it. Sure, a lot of their lipsynching was not very good and their timings were at times atrocious, but they're kenkyuusei.
Despite their lack of polish, it was still a very enjoyable show. To be honest, I enjoyed some their stuff more than the Team B show.
A few mebers stood out. I watched this mainly to get a look at some of the 10th generation, but for the most part I was focused on Shimada Haruka and Yamauchi Suzuran. I think Haruka is ripe for a team promotion. She's absolutely terrific. As the show went along, I noticed this really pretty girl who was dancing really fucking awesome. In the MC, I learned it was Suzuran which surprised me very much. The last time I watched one of their shows(which was a LONG time ago), I didn't really like her at all. She impressed me most right under Haruka, so.. guess I'll have to eat my words on that one.
They were both in the
Arashi no yoru ni wa unit, along with Abe Maria and Kanazawa Yuuki. They totally ROCKED it, way more than the B members have so far in my opinion. Oba Mina did a really good job with Yuki's solo song. Kanazawa Yuuki is really cute. I think she'll be good. Nakamata Shiori is SUPER CUTE. Abe Maria also seemed pretty good. Overall my interested in AKB's kenkyuusei as a whole is back up. There's still a few I don't like in the slightest but there's enough interesting once now to check out these shows more.