Ah, Tomochin... one of my love/hate relationship girls.
I used to give her crap for being too competitive, but screw that. In some of the other girl thread I mentioned they weren't bold enough to step forward. Tomochin does work her way into the spotlight and I would give her crap for being too competitive? Not anymore. All the more power to her.
Tomochin has had an interesting year. Dear J was great. Some of the CMs she did were epic, especially the one with the Tomochin hand puppet. Despite all this she only ranked #8. Quite surprising and I don't really understand why. Perhaps some of her female fans who like her fashion stuff don't care about AKB48 that much, or at least not the senbatsu election. Aw well, with a new singles coming and tons of CMs she's still at the top of her game
One thing I never really understood... Her goal is to become a vocalist. Dear J was catchy, but I think Tomochin is one of the weakest vocalists in AKB48. On the other hand, that never stopped Britney Spears from selling millions. Idk, I guess I would expect to really dive into the fashion and modeling world, because she seems much more suitable for it. Get involved even more with TomoCawaii, and make it a proper brand, etc Who knows, there's still time for that later. I'm nitpicking, really, because Itano already has an impressive career in various fields. She can literally do whatever she wants.
Now where's that 6th PB! It's been over a year since we got an Itano related PB/mook...