Japanese Idol Thread

Fucking minute long webms...

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>>1793305
you forgot to attach your webm friend, hope this helps

>>1793576
>tfw you will never be Harupi, forced down and pegged by a strap-on wielding Murashige.

>>1792168
More Shu would be appreciated.

>>1793305
dont be rude

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I just can't get enough of this little rascal.

post some kitarie

>>1795763
no sluts allowed

>>1792887
>>1792889
>>1792891
Oh no, it's retarded.jpg

>>1796624
She's always a joy. To be fair though, she does have back problems.

>>1797071
there best be a part 2 ...

>>1796761
her voice is amazing

No traps please

>>1796624
>>1797437
>>1797556
>>1797751
imagine the sex

>>1797874
she doesn't do that
she is a good girl

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>>1797071
>>1797362

>>1798015
continue mate

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>>1798015

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>>1798528
>>1798531
oh my kek

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Hello friends. I browse k-poop general now and then, but Japanese girls are cute too! I got into Mariya Takeuchi but I realized she's now 60,000 years old. Does anyone have any webms of her, or any recommendations for comfy J-poop, or J-poop in general? Thank you, I hate my life.

This is the only relevant file I can find at the moment, sorry for the Babymetal

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More BM

huh

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>>1793576

>>1800020
Anyone else thinking what im thinking?

>>1792887
Chemically castrate yourselves

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>>1800151
Don't!

more Milky pls

>>1800878
Fuck off

>>1800931
I agree with said Anon, more Milky!

>>1792991
more of this.

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>>1801003
Nah

>>1799907
cute slut

Need webms of Milky's fat ass.

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>>1801150
No

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>>1800878
>>1800996
>>1801150

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>>1801150
There's a quick shot of it in this. Doesn't look fat to me. Has she got a fatter butt now?

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>>1801150
>Milky
>Ass

kek

>>1801031
Seichan got game.

>>1801448
Nice. Supposedly Matsumura from N46 has a really big butt, they've talked about it several times on the various shows. I've never seen the proof though. This was also before she put on weight.

>>1801573
There are some pictures here and there. And yes it's quite fat.

>>1801616
Where should i look? None of my searches turn up shit.

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>>1801448
God bless

>>1792887
More Asuka Saito please.

>>1793305
Find some gifs or don't watch. Dumbass

>>1802386
That was fucking bullshit

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>>1801448
>>1801817
>>1801242
theme of the thread?

>>1802829

Judging by this post:
>>1801817

I'd say it's sweet Jap idol ass.

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>>1802836
ALL ABOARDDDD!

>>1802922
Fuck off

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>>1802922
No fatties

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>>1802961
Excuse me sir could you please present your ticket?

>>1802975
God Lord

all you weebs make me want to cry i swear to god
i can take all sorts of fucked up threads but shit like this truly makes me sick to my stomach.

>>1803183
>NMB almost gets killed on screen
>it's not Lemon
No justice.

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Task Have Fun

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>>1803295

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>>1803210
Kek, no 'freshly squeezed lemon' today then.

>>1803162
i always enjoy the irony of people attacking weebs on this site.

>>1803446
now throw it in the nearest river

>>1803446
Throw that bag on the train tracks.

>>1803210
>>1803446
>>1803694
>>1804166
Why has she stayed so faithful this 'character' for so long? It was evident right from the start that it just annoyed everyone.

>>1804196
She never got popular enough to drop the character and replace it with something else. She's been doing it a bit less the past year or two.

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I need to see more funny Maayas!

>>1804684
STICC

>>1803210
>>1804196
Fuck yall niggas, I love me some Lemon.

>>1792991
MORE KIICHAN NOW

>>1805304
Even if it's in order to keep the thread up, there are some things you shouldn't say.

>>1803588
Imagine...

>>1806558
What show is this?

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>>1807380
AKB48 Bimyo.

>>1808021
who's in pink?

>>1808028
Maeda Atsuko.

Hey does anyone here know the name of the title track/song used for the NMB48 Geinin2 intro theme?

>>1808029
ah fuck i feel like a retard now

>>1808021
The sketch show was pretty hit and miss at times, but when it hits, its really good.

>>1808035
Todokanasou de Todoku Mono from the 7th single

>>1804684
Is she really autistic or just playing a character?

>>1808591
Thanks anon, im trying to find an MV of it, but not having much luck.

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>>1809158
Is this a commercial or a song? Can't find the full audio, but Nogizaka46 seems charming, especially from seeing
>>1807327
>>1807566
>>1808774

I'm new to this, why do all the Japanese groups have numbers at the end of their names

>>1809569
>why do all the Japanese groups have numbers at the end of their names
The 46 and 48 group are produced by the same guy.

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>>1809590
I did not know that, thank you. Which group is the best to start off with, to get into Japanese idols?

>tfw filenames from this thread are sometimes in Japanese
>tfw sometimes there's no subs

>>1809605
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B1HFVF5iQBgvjDrPnmwfbq0Iz6VvaOmDep0C2x8yoMo/edit#gid=1508625877

Probably AKB48, since 46 was created as a """""""rival group""""""". The doc has 48/46 variety in more or less chronological order and a bunch of documentaries at the end.

>>1809611
Thank you, that's quite a lot of items, spanning multiple years..

What should I start off with? I might start watching AKBINGO because it seems pretty comfy, it might take a while for me to figure out people's names, especially because
>The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members as of December 2015
Who's Milky? She was mentioned here

>>1803588
Shimazaki Haruka seems cute, as well as the girl at the end of this one
>>1796624
where she said "that was bad"

So much for being productive this summer

>>1809651
Start with 1ji30, it's AKBINGO before it was rebranded. Milky was from NMB, which didn't start until 2010 and she graduated last year. Shimazaki Haruka (Paruru) was part of the 9th generation of AKB in 2009ish and didn't really get popular until around 2012. She also graduated last year.

>>1809680
*1ji59fun

>>1809682
So it's 1ji59fun, then 0ji, then bingo?
NMB, huh. There's a lot of branch groups
>9th generation
as well as generations Jesus, even saying that you're an akb48 fan might be an ambiguous statement, because of all the generations

Paruru? Sad to hear she graduated, she's very moe!

Ohori got the spotlight in AKBINGO episode 1, she is pretty and tries her best!

Any top-tier idols to look out for in the current year?

>>1809741
Akimoto Manatsu

>>1803588
soo fkin cute

>>1809569
>I'm new to this, why do all the Japanese groups have numbers at the end of their names
I seem to remember reading somewhere that originally '48' referred to the number of the signed members. The same may also have been true for '46'.

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>>1809741
Saito Asuka

>>1809793
That's interesting but pretty weird.. But I guess they fared better than SNSD, which arguably died simultaneously with the famous 9 members becoming 8.

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>>1809832
Thanks, I'll check them out. Especially little miss snotnose there, so moe!

>>1809832
Holy kek

>>1802975
Source on full video? for research pls

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>>1809832
shiit

>>1809569
commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbYdycSE28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtHugtXVWlI

Aki-producer thought adding a number sounded better than just words (AKB = Akihabara) and it had a cool feeling like a development in progress prototype version number type of thing, initially someone in management wanted them to grow to 48 members and then stop but that didn't pan out
46 is because Nogizaka46 started as the official rival to AKB48, the concept was that they wouldn't lose to them despite having fewer people, they actually have 46 members right now since Nanamin graduated this year

>>1809888
Well, AKB48 does sound pretty cool, and it's easy to remember and rolls off the tongue.

>official rival
B-but they're owned by the same guy..
Is it like how G.I. Joe and Cobra are both funded by Hasbro?

And how exactly should I approach AKB/Nogi and all the branches? There's literally dozens of them, is it just "there's somebody for everyone", or am I supposed to be able to recognize all of them?

I'm a westernized Asian familiar with k-pop groups from back in the day, so I'm not completely new to the idol scene, but still, the numbers are a bit daunting

>>1809879
This is the exact face she makes when you penetrate her with all 5 of your manly inches.

>>1809879
Imagine her o face

>>1809879
Lol, this fucking prelim. I fucking love Jurina but her face when they announced first place was fucking priceless.

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>>1809888
As much as i like it, its still such a stupid ad. If someone hadn't of told me it was an ad for PCs/Notebooks, i still wouldn't have a clue what is was about.

>>1809975
Just watch the variety, you'll find favorites as you go. You don't need to know everyones names to enjoy the groups.

Nogi46's real purpose was as Aki-P's backup plan when AKB's first center left. They're an overall more orthodox idol group than AKB too.

>>1809981
Damnit i wanna kiss Rarin!

>>1809741
>Any top-tier idols to look out for in the current year
Matsui Jurina and Miyawaki Sakura will be fighting for first place in next years AKB election. Oguri Yui too, but you won't see anything with her in it for a long while and maybe not even then.

>>1810003
? They're literally singing "Mouse, Mouse, Computer Mouse."

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>>1810015
I no speaka nipponease. So they sell accessories too?

>>1810016
>Wait 5 hours in a line to shake Yuko's hand for 10 seconds
>She makes that face at you

Top fucking kek of a woman desu.

>Tell me who I should like, guys

>>1810005
So far so good! Akimoto Sayaka seemed to stand out, but apparently she had some scandal later on, and is now in her late 20s
Kojima Haruna and Oshima Mai are eye-catching as well, but they're also in their late 20s apparently

I guess it makes sense since 1ji59 is almost a decade old now

Jesus

>>1810011
All of them are so pretty! AKB election, so what like, all the members vote for the next leader? Female and Japanese politics are terrible things, but I hope they do well with no hard feelings
And what happened to Oguri Yui, why won't I see her


>>1810138
I don't want to have shit taste, like yours probably

No, I'm just not familiar with J-idols and was overwhelmed at first, that's all

>>1809832
That's a genuine reaction! Is Asuka actually a nice person?

>>1810266
No.

Post O-whore-i please

>>1810216
>All of them are so pretty! AKB election, so what like, all the members vote for the next leader? Female and Japanese politics are terrible things, but I hope they do well with no hard feelings
>And what happened to Oguri Yui, why won't I see her
Every year the fans vote to see who will be the center of the next album. The first one is in '08, it gets to be a pretty big deal. I meant to say Ogino Yuka and nothing happens to her, she's just part of a relatively new group and the fact that she became a contender was a huge surprise to everyone. >>1809879
is from the preliminary election where she got first place and no one saw it coming.

>>1802610
Name? Plsss

>>1810895
Oguri Yui

>>1810945
Thx !!!

>>1810956
Haha, she's a good sport that girl.

>>1811675
>that subliminal messaging in the background

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>>1811675

>>1811734
is there anything yuihan can't almost do?

>>1811990
show source?

>>1792991
Where can i find all eps of Nogi Eigo?

>>1812653https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B3fH7i3VYaKG1NvaKyE5vekpEoz8CtXDTXid745CFrs/edit#gid=1779102372

>>1812665
Thanks

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>>1811202
Yeah, she's the best

>>1812380
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FauzLDVvd-Q

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>>1812758
She never ceases to impress me. What's the name of that concert she did with her band?

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>>1812825
Yamamoto Sayaka Live Tour 2016 - Rainbow

She performed at Zepp music halls in Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya and Osaka (twice). These webms are from the DVD, which was a recording of the Osaka Zepp performance. She has uploaded 7 songs from it on her official youtube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLQlkHgD2ltaptlgs20eZ6Q/videos (but the DVD is on aidoru anyway lol).

btw technically it's not her band, those individual musicians have performed with many different acts before and a few are even in their own bands. The violinist Ayasa even played at Yukirin's solo concert. It seems (to my limited knowledge) that some of them want to continue working with Sayanee, however sometimes they have other commitments.

>>1812967
Ahh sweet, thanks for the info.

>>1811675
>>1812537
>>1813295
But what does zukki do?

>>1798531
Marika should have been a star

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This spreadsheet is actually different to the N46 masterlist link which stems from the show48 master master list. Has that been updated or changed or something?

Here's the link i got: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B1HFVF5iQBgvjDrPnmwfbq0Iz6VvaOmDep0C2x8yoMo/edit#gid=1178117571

>>1813666
Just use them all together, different series are updated at a different frequency with different links on different spreadsheets.

>>1810285
why

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>>1792887
So what is going on here? Has the one in the middle never done radio exercises before and is doing for the first time now, but either the language or instructions are unclear?

>>1804684
She is too skinny

>>1814173
THANK YOU! My life is now complete

What's that one J-pop song, possibly from AKB48

It's a fast and catchy song, possibly from their earlier days, where the chorus's rhythm is like
Yatatata yatatata
Yatatata baom baom

I don't remember any of the lyrics but this is driving me literally insane

>>1815610
Aitakatta?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X78CgEwezjg

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>>1816082
Why do you have chinese and english subtitles?

>>1816082
fucking kek
>>1816162
Chinese is probably the hard sub, English would be soft.

>>1815741
Sorry, forgot to mention that all the yatatatas were the same note
the first baom is two notes higher than the yatatas, the second one is only one note higher

This is a pretty famous song, I just didn't care enough when I heard it in the past

>>1816381
Ia this the lyrics, the melody, or a beat?

>>1816385
It's the melody, I can't remember the lyrics
The yatatas were pretty fast whereas the baoms are moreso a punch

>>1816381
>the yatatatas were the same note
>the first baom is two notes higher than the yatatas, the second one is only one note higher
Off the top of my head, I thought of 10nen Sakura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGPqv2YPPIQ

>>1816401
It wasn't that fast, I can see how the melodies might be similar, but it wasn't as distracting. Possibly the background music cut off one time when they were doing the chorus

For those who read music, it was like

FFFF FFFF FFFF A G
Fs in 8th notes, A and G in probably quarter notes
Then some similar melody repeated a few more times

It might be AKB or another related band, I remember it was a groupload of girls singing. Got AKB's discography up to 2016, so that's like, a thousand songs to go over..

Are these shows contests or something? What's the point of them?

>>1816445
They're mostly variety shows, and the contests in those shows usually have winners and losers, yes. The point is entertainment and getting people to become your fans.

>>1816446
Are the girls already celebrities or do they get on these shows to sort of launch their careers?

>>1816458
They're already part of an idol group, but when they first join they're unknown and if they don't stay in the spotlight they're quickly forgotten.

The idol business is much more of a service industry than normal music acts in the west. There are a small number of diehard fans who fund the industry and idols have to attract their attention to remain viable.

>>1816462
Does the "Idol" category in JAV have anything to do with these shows?

>>1816468
No. Well, there's one AKB who went into JAV, but largely no.

>>1816446
How scripted are the variety shows? Watching the first few episodes of AKBINGO where Ohori is trying to promote her single. Is it sometimes rigged, where they might bump the album sales so she can stay?

She looks like she's having quite the hard time though. Were they actually going to send her off to "graduation" and air a tearful impromptu speech? Seems a bit cruel

>>1816472
AKBINGO is mostly unscripted but keep in mind that they film multiple episodes in one session and sometimes do retakes. In that particular case, I'm sure that it was just a stunt and if the sales were bad they would have let her stay anyway.

>>1816471
>one

>>1816480
I see, I see.
>the viewers will find it confusing that we're already covered in flour
I'm only like 400-500 episodes behind, but will there be new games? The cat/mouse thing with food/jokers is getting a bit old..

But in any case it still seems a bit cruel, she literally had a panic attack for one of her events..

I also noticed how they start shilling/pushing certain people - do you know if it's because they were gaining in popularity, or is it because they waned to make them popular? They started pushing Ohori a bit before her solo announcement, but nonetheless I was charmed by her efforts and struggles.

Also who's Lemon? Some people mentioned her in this thread and the weird "character" that she plays.

>>1816506
The games change up pretty often, and there are some really fun ones down the line.

iirc in the beginning they push the people who don't talk too much in order to make sure they get their screen time. The true shilling started later, and it never really happened on Bingo.

Lemon is the worst AKB, the only one that I actively dislike. She's tenth generation (210ish?) and doesn't shit up bingo too much (but does a little). Her entire stupid character is that she wants to be a Lemon, it's bad and unfunny and the only good that comes out of it is that everybody eventually starts shitting on her for it. She was eventually shipped to NMB and hasn't been doing her Lemon shtick for a while now (as far as I know, but she's not popular so I don't see her that much lately).

>>1816518
Great, looking forward to them!

Alright, fair enough. As long as it doesn't become a shitfest of them pushing unlikable people, I think the Korean shows did that now and then.

She wants to be a lemon? What
>Hobbies: Collecting lemon-themed goods, watching Detective Conan, Lolita fashion
>Special Skills: Eating lemons quickly, swimming, jump rope, unicycle
>Ambition: To become a Fresh Lemon
>Has an extensive collection of lemon-themed goods
?????
What the fuck??

I'm just get some fresh air
Indefinitely

>>1816522
Wait, I said that they don't shill on Bingo and that was a straight-up lie.

Eventually the members that are currently there graduate/get too much work to show up to Bingo and they start shilling the new kids. I forgot about it because they ended up shilling pretty accurately and a good number of the ones they push ended up being pretty great. But when you first see them it will definitely seem like they're pushing literal whos.

>>1816471
>>1816490
Who exactly? I need to know for research purposes.

>>1816541
LITERALLY googled akb jav and got the members who went into porn, try looking it up first, you mong.

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>>1816666
Dude, I know, but sometimes its nice just to talk to someone in the thread.

>>1813666
good job, satan. that made me feel bad for her

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>>1816524
Welp

>Eventually the members that are currently there graduate
>tfw the wiki shows how some of them are now older than I am
>tfw I already know the endgame to their heartfelt progress, around a decade behind in their 22-minute commercials of a show.
>tfw I don't want to jump into the stories of these new members with little continuity in mind
What would a true shogun do?

But I really love these heartfelt moments in AKBINGO, are there any other shows where I'd get to experience more of this barning hart-o?

>>1815884
HASHIMOTO-SAAAAAAN
(no sound sorry)

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>>1816773
Sorry, man.
>>1817156
She's so pretty/cute.

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>>1817370
>>1817373
Damn, this looks pretty funny. Am I really gonna have to start watching full episodes of these retarded shows instead of just saving webms? ffs.

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>>1817403
>there's only 1 clip of it subbed
That's disappointing :(, this segment was pretty funny. I like the chick on the left.

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>>1817461

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>>1817494
she looked so offended about the himetan beam thing lol

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>>1817506
aight, that's it. if anyone has any more subbed nogieigo episodes, link them to me and I'll most likely make more webms, I appreciate it.

>>1817370
>>1817373
damn these girls are heartbreakers

>>1817506
Yeah because the beam gag is all she has. She looked like her whole world came crumbling down.

On a related note, the bilingual chick's ass is glorious.

>>1817592
KILL IT

Always a severe lack of Hashimoto Kanna in these threads

>>1817914
As I always tell you, she isn't as cute as she used to be and got fat. Just look at this>>1817156 and compare that to now. It's a shame but that's reality.

Are there any shows with more candid bits of life, shared pains and struggles, and heartfelt tears?
>>1816773
webm related

I want to learn more about how they're doing their best for their fans!

>>1818242
I'm not aware of any specific shows, but there are episodes here and there on AKBingo and Shukkan AKB. There's also a movie length feature which covers a lot of that stuff, mainly concerning Oshima Yuko's journey and graduation. I can't remember what the link is to the movie though, maybe someone else does.

>>1818242
>>1818244
>a movie length feature which covers a lot of that stuff, mainly concerning Oshima Yuko's journey and graduation
"Documentary of AKB48 The Time Has Come"
http://myaidol.net/2015/01/05/documentary-of-akb48-the-time-has-come/
(it has eng subs)

Naachan webms please.

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>>1818291
Which naachan?

>>1818333
Definitely not that false Naachan.

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>>1818348

>>1819032
I want Jonishi to dom me while in her maid costume calling me baka

>>1817953
>ywn be cool enough to win your oshi's heart by combating an evil alien menace that seeks to destroy mankind

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>>1819534
Just wait till your 50, then Akimoto will be all over you.

>>1818244
>>1818284
Watching the documentary atm, there's a reshuffle and what the fuck is going on??

There's like fifty different groups that they're draft-picking from, and I've jumped from AKBINGO from late 2008, there's all these new faces crying and having panic attacks and I don't like it :c

Rn two girls are outside with ice, there's one sad girl from a trio that got separated, 45 minutes in

This is really depressing

>>1819848
>There's like fifty different groups
I think you mean teams. Back then there was only four 48 groups (not including the two foreign groups), but each group has 3 teams (except the original AKB, which had 1 extra team). Oh and Rena became a Nogizaka46 concurrent member, but that is a whole other can of worms.

Yeah those reshuffles can be pretty full on. If a girl gets put into a different team within the same group it is no big deal and not much changes, but when they get fully transferred into a different group it means moving to another city. It sucks because they have already made close friends in their original group. Lucky Japan has fast trains.. Keep in mind that some of the reshuffles are "concurrent" positions (in Japanese "kennin"), which are not so bad. This means a girl is actually in 2 groups at once. Basically, concurrent positions usually go to the most popular girls from the 3 sister groups (SKE, NMB and HKT) and they often get to perform with the original AKB group (which is the most famous/popular group). But they are still a member of their original group too, and they sort of have to travel back and forth between their city and Tokyo. However some concurrency positions are to help out the less-popular and less-experienced sister groups with popularity, training, etc. So in that video, you saw Kashiwagi Yuki become a concurrent NMB member. But honestly, half the time it looks to me like someone high up just wants to randomly fuck shit up and mess with our heads.

They also mention "promotions", which is when a young trainee of a group gets promoted to become a full member of the group. Happy times.

>>1820006
Do we know exactly who's behind these decisions? Is it that one Akimoto senpai dude? A board of producers? Or what? Is there any strategy or logic to it?

Some of the transfers have seemed downright senseless, both in terms of the group change and the idol in question. I just can't figure it out.

>>1808704
There's no MV for it.

>>1820779
lmao

>>1817461
some fucking liberal chick from socal took a teaching job in japan and produced this confusing specimen

>>1821055
wtf i hate her now

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>>1820006
>>1819848
If ya gonna be an idol, best prepare ya butt.

>>1820006
I looked into concurrency before work and drinks

I didn't know that they were in different cities, like I heard Akihabara and Nagoya and etc. but with the FTL-travel of the kami-given shinkansen, I assumed it wasn't too bad. i.e.
>why can't these kiddos just keep in touch by e-mail, text, or line?
But I guess it's different to move with you and your family and away from the performing members whom you held so dear


Like I'm from the k-poop general but none of the girls' adult labias are showing, and it's just kids doing their best back in 2008, and seeing them as mature adults graduating from their j-poop group, what is this?

Concurrency must be hard in its own way though, going back and forth, having twice the responsibility.. Leadership - the burden hardest to bear.

Yeah I looked into "research students" and they had a bit about how they were essentially second-class, cont

>>1820006
>>1821390
Nani, what is this doki-doki sensation? I really want these girls to do well in their career, and have satisfying lives, and my heart breaks when I hear about scandals (years long ago) because in my kokoro of kokoros I still support them from my heart. e.g. Minegishi Minami, Akimoto Sayaka, etc..

This is really depressing but I like the AKB/etc. monolith b/c unlike k-poop it doesn't get wrecked by a single member carrying the group, or the group disbanding, etc.

AKB is pure!

AKB will be forever and ever!

>>1820125
Also this


Also does anyone have a top favourite member? I like loadsa girls more or less equally, although I'm still at 2009 for AKBINGO
>inb4 the girls I like have all graduated

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>>1821393
>Also does anyone have a top favorite member?

It's hard for me to pick one, i sorta a have a 'top ten' in my head i think.

Looks are obviously important , but they are also subjective, so i tend to base my favorite idols on their abilities and creative edge.

I go for the idols that put the effort into their performance, be it in variety, dancing, singing or acting, ect. For example, idols like Oshima Yuko and Yamamoto Sayaka are favorites for a lot of people for these reasons. They aren't necessarily the 'cutest' or 'prettiest' members, but they are without a doubt born entertainers and i think that's what counts the most.

>>1801386
imagine walking in on this think you walked on to the wrong set

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>>1821393
>Also does anyone have a top favourite member?
Sayanee. She's one of the oldest, but she is so awesome. So hard working, so talented, so dedicated. GQ magazine described her as an 'artist wearing idol skin'

>>1821432
:)

>>1821393
>Also does anyone have a top favourite member?
Jurina, KojiMako is a close second.

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Living tissue over metal endoskeleton

>>1821668
Are those gag balloons that won't inflate or are they actually that weak?

>>1821688
Is there a ghost in the idol?

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>>1821393
>Also does anyone have a top favourite member?

The queen of wotas Sashihara Rino with Milky a close second.

Is Japanese culture basically all about the struggle between trying not to stand out even when put in the spotlight, while at the same time trying not to be boring?

>>1817461
>>1817477
>>1817494
>>1817506
>>1817519
Who's the chick on the left with the killer legs?

>>1822175
Hirata Rina

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>>1821432
i wish we had this sayaka back instead of this bitch

next thread
>>1822366
>>1822366
>>1822366

>>1822128
I don't think merely watching idol shows really qualifies anyone to pose or answer a question like that.