Pre-shuffle ranking...
Had to use melchi's ranker, as I just couldn't rank beyond the first few in each team without it...
Comments:
Team A: These latest round of teams is the first time my fave AKB team has had my oshimen in. It also has my HKT oshi, although those two rarely share the same stage together, they've only done it a few times - they should be in the same unit song now but I've only seen them do it once. I think Team A have a lot of other great members, so I enjoy watching them anyway. I really loved their first Waiting Stage. Not really keen on their 2nd Waiting Stage so much so I've only seen it three times.
Team K: Their Waiting Stage was really good and full of the Team K spirit and style. I preferred the old unit songs over the new ones. It was great to see them revive K4th, although the timing of that was strange... maybe Yuko just wanted to perform it again before she graduates? They've lost a lot of big members in 2013 and when Yuko goes, they are really lacking, hence the point of the whole shuffle, I think. They only have Rie as senbatsu member now, and, she doesn't even sell that well at handshakes anymore. I don't really count Jurina as a Team K member as she's only performed with them 6 times since the last shuffle...
Team B: Ranking these was a surprise, as I never see Team B any more (I've only seen their Waiting Stage twice) so haven't seen most of these members for the last couple years... I guess it doesn't help that members like Kojiharu and Miyuki, who I like, pretty much never appear with their Team. Most of these members have faded into obscurity for me now, not including kennins, I really only see Yuki, because of Seigus, and Kojiharu, because of gravure.
Team 4: When I did the ranking, I only know who 8 of these are... They seem like a good team, but three of them are pushed to the stratosphere that you almost never hear of the others. I really liked it when they did Pajama Drive, but have only watched one Te wo Tsunaginagara, as it was really weird not watching it done by Team H, whose version I love. I think I could really get into this team though if I just watched more LODs.
The other thing is, that since the shuffle, pretty much
all of Old Team 4 have dropped in my rankings. They all don't seem to have found a place, apart from Juri and Ricchan. I used to love Paruru but lost that a long time ago when her character started changing and she kept pulling ugly faces. Sometimes I'm reminded of her cuteness. Maria has been a big disappointment. She was much better with long hair, and apart from a couple of moments, her dancing seems lacking compared to Team 4. Those moments have been Yuuwaku no Garter and her K4th unit song, where she really shines.
There's a few kenkyuusei who seem cute - particularly Owada Nana, she seems like she's going to be a star, if she isn't already.
SKE48: I've never really followed SKE, and haven't seen the shuffled teams in action to comment on them. They seem to be dropping members like flies though, particularly if the rest of the rumour list turns out to be true.
NMB48: I've only seen Team N in action, but they seem really good, with some strong members and I really love their N3 stage. I think they'd be better off untouched.
HKT48: Their shuffle has yet to actually be put into action, but I think I preferred them beforehand, was quite nice to separate the gens like that, I liked old Team H, but not a big fan of most of the kenkyuusei.
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