tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post6824118153478794487..comments2022-04-11T06:36:03.259-07:00Comments on Inter Somnia : On: AKBGroup Election Results Part IIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-91483892118932405912016-07-06T08:37:48.580-07:002016-07-06T08:37:48.580-07:00Agreed! By the time of the election, Yuihan had on...Agreed! By the time of the election, Yuihan had only been GM about 3-4 months. She just needs time to develop and establish strong ties with not only the members of AKB, but the sister groups too. She has certainly hit the ground running since the election, going out to Jakarata and interact with JKT :) <br /><br />I think Sakura thought that her center would mean she would rise higher. I honestly think that was wishful thinking - Jurina has centered plenty AKB singles but that doesn't necessary translate to huge leaps in the election. I too think she was too bitter. She has an excellent rank! <br /><br />You make an excellent point here. However, I for one never thought she would center a single (outside of the election) because of her mainstream popularity. Centers are usually given to the face(s) of a group or a girl management wants to push into mainstream popularity. Sasshi is neither. She's clearly the most popular member of HKT of course (and if you ask me, should be considered a face by management standards), but by and large, Sakura and Haruppi are the faces of HKT. Mayu is the face of AKB, the flagship group which translates into preferential treatment. Sasshi is at a point where she's fine being more in the back, like Kojiharu or Yukirin. At least in my opinion anyway. She's influential and popular enough that her position in singles doesn't affect her mainstream popularity. This will begin to happen to Mayu as well. We already see in in team B where she's at a #3 position, just like Sasshi is in HKT. <br /><br />I agree, no Sasshi or Mayu. I can see what you mean with Yukirin and Sayanee and I completely agree that Jurina is bound to win the next election. Unless Sakura is able to latch onto some of Sasshi's votes. In that case, it may be a very close and interesting election! <br /><br />Thank you for your thoughts! Sheila https://www.blogger.com/profile/08343113275708142533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-40327025253217003662016-07-06T02:15:19.029-07:002016-07-06T02:15:19.029-07:00I adore Yui but I admit that the role of General M...I adore Yui but I admit that the role of General Manager doesn't suit her but I can't think of anyone who can replace Takamina :( But let's give Yuihan more time to develop :)<br />I'm very happy that Muto Tomu ranked so high. Was afraid she'd drop out of senbatsu after making it to the dangerous #16 spot. <br />I was a bit disappointed in Sakura's reaction. Sixth place is a very privileged rank but she was just so bitterly disappointed that she couldn't hide it. Yep, top members become more and more ambitious and greedy and speaking of overambition... <br />Actually, I've always thought that Sasshi was the more "selfless" one out of her and Mayu. Despite her huge mainstream popularity, Sasshi never gets the opportunity to center an A-side single unless she wins sousenkyo and she does everything she can to promote HKT members everywhere and the group as a whole. <br />Mayu, while she hasn't centered an A-side since Kibouteki, is always nearly featured prominently in the front row in 2nd/3rd position and always the favourite to center old songs like Flying Get or Heavy Rotation.<br />Next year, I don't want either Sasshi or Mayu to enter the election. Yukirin&Sayanee would have their chance but they don't seem in the mood for another election. We're propably going to see Jurina claim the triple crowns. emi_okadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661399452215535695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-68031130664803214402016-06-29T12:32:48.719-07:002016-06-29T12:32:48.719-07:00In 2015, Mayu's vote count showed that her fan...In 2015, Mayu's vote count showed that her fan voting power had tapped out. It wasn't a 50,000+ jump like in 2014, it was much, much smaller. She was able to raise her vote count again in 2016 but it wasn't enough to have even beaten Sasshi last year, let alone this year. Then again, hope can be quite irrational. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure that by the second time she won nobody took her as a joke or believed that her vote count was unsustainable. I would argue because she had already proved she's legit, is why she has haters. Even if she wins 5 times, those that didn't acknowledged her win the first time, won't acknowledge it at all. <br /><br />I wouldn't mind Yukirin running next year. Mayu and Sasshi should definitely bow out but Yukirin running would hopefully push her to win. I wouldn't like her to graduate without having won the crown at least once (like poor Mariko did). Sheila https://www.blogger.com/profile/08343113275708142533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-26194689949219255542016-06-29T09:58:20.753-07:002016-06-29T09:58:20.753-07:00I wouldn't say that her margin of victory in 2...I wouldn't say that her margin of victory in 2015 was unbeatable. She had around 28k votes more than Mayu. In 2013, she had a gap of 50k votes and Mayu won the following year, though I suspect she only managed to do it because Sasshi fans got overconfident after seeing first day results. Of course it's easy to say now that Sasshi winning this year was pretty much a given, with 243k vs 175k but the preliminaries gave Mayu fans some hope that maybe she could win. <br />I do hope Sasshi opts out next year. If she doesn't then I too think she's being overindulgent. I read an interview on Stage48, after the 6th election, she said if she'd won in 2014 she would not have participated in 2015. In the end, I think she wanted to challenge the myth of nobody able to win in a row. Also winning the election 3 times is her way of proving to her haters that her victories are not a fluke or a joke and her votes are not unsustainable (unlike poor Yukirin who took a nosedive after her fans tapped themselves out last year TT_TT) My wish of seeing Yukirin wearing the Queen Of AKB cape virtually impossible if this last election turned out to be her last like she heavily implied.tisdel.star87https://www.blogger.com/profile/10049835489509716835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-23618871345499898102016-06-28T15:45:38.637-07:002016-06-28T15:45:38.637-07:00Oh, absolutely! However, that's exactly why I ...Oh, absolutely! However, that's exactly why I singled her out, because she had already won twice (by a huge margin the second time which was pretty much unbeatable). Even though I wanted Mayu to win (and this is just because Yukirin ranked so low in the prelims. I would have supported a Yukirin win more so), I knew there was a 0.001% chance of her winning. Sasshi winning a third time was in my opinion, overindulgent. I mean, at least Yukirin and Mayu (even Sayaka) were hesitant to enter the election. Sasshi really wasn't hesitant at all. She has a great fighting spirit, I'll definitely give her that. She would make a great politician. But let's agree to disagree :)Sheila https://www.blogger.com/profile/08343113275708142533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366330616134966214.post-26524629887288497912016-06-28T06:51:44.262-07:002016-06-28T06:51:44.262-07:00Great analysis but to single out Sasshi as overly ...Great analysis but to single out Sasshi as overly ambitious is a bit too much. Not saying it's true because I think she is but you make it sound like she's the one with that kind of attitude. Mayuyu also tried hard to achieve back to back wins and certainly had the rank 1 in mind in these past 2 years. How are they different? Only difference is that Mayu failed and Sasshi succeeded. I like both of them, but they are understandably fighting only for their own benefit.tisdel.star87https://www.blogger.com/profile/10049835489509716835noreply@blogger.com