My thoughts are fairly in line with what has been said here.
I don't dig Meru being such a big part of the HKT48 song. She's not interesting and hasn't management learned by now that these random pushes of unknowns only work out if the girl is... you know, good? Let Sakura, Haruppi and the gang do their thing.
NMB48: I love all the NMB girls, but for some reason it doesn't upset me that Yui was given a position right near the top. I can't really explain it, but she just seems to fit right in.
100% agree. Even in Kitagawa Kenji, it felt like she's been in the group forever. It didn't even feel like anyone was pushed aside for her. Worked out quite well.
SKE48: Rie being placed above Akane, however, does upset me. Probably because, with SKE, I'm more a fan of individual girls (and Team KII) than of the group as a whole. Akane is one of my favorites, and she's worked hard to earn her position in the group. Seeing her lose that just because another girl transferred in saddens me. Thing is, I like Rie though, so I hope this doesn't make me like her less; since it isn't her fault that management made this decision.
Once again, 100% agree. Being 100% open this is oshi bias. If Rie trumps Akane from here on out, it will completely obliterate my Rie fandom. It'll fucking kill it. It would kill pretty much any fandom of any girl management puts there to do that. I am not even making a joke. Akane earned her spot of her own accord. Management tried, downright
desperately, so make Mukaida the "ace" of Team KII and no matter how many times they put her on the KII DVD spines and shit, the fans chose Akane. And for management to stick any bitch in there in front of her... nuh uh, I will hate it. I'm hoping that won't be the case and Rie's insertion will be as well done as Yui's to NMB. To be honest, though, as much as I like her, I don't think she deserves to be up front, or even close honestly. Like others have said, an HKT Sasshi-ish place would be good.
Obviously, I'll wait and see it for myself, but yeah. Hopefully it's not that dramatic.
Topic: [2012.12.05] AKB48 - 29th Single "Eien Pressure" (Read 41986 times)