Official AKB48 Thread

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*tap tap tap*

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Hopefully Ice can reach her.

She was on the Refugee forum, so I guess she will know.

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Maybe I will start posting here now 

Hello, thar. And please do.^^

 

 

NMB BII girls are handing out flyers in front of the theater to attract more people to their theater performances.   So cute.

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Guys the intro/pic ok? 

 

Me likes. Looks badass. *although Jurina is at the front*

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Prince Jurina should be at the front 

 

Prince Jurina creeps me out~

 

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I just did. B)

 

And that Acchan gif kills me every time. LMAO

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Oh yes! Election speeches. I totally forgot about those. Going to watch every single one and will try to applicate my crappy japanese skills, brb.

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Many of the NMB speeches are really great:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ATLiDl0m3I&list=PLTnoe1_0qtAYG4jQHQV1ZCucowzARRLrl

After her transformation last year, Nana tries to fly this time.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQvm-epnSrA&list=PLTnoe1_0qtAYG4jQHQV1ZCucowzARRLrl

Sayanee squishes some lemons over Karaage for victory after a fierce speech.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5LSESHbISQ&list=PLTnoe1_0qtAYG4jQHQV1ZCucowzARRLrl

Yuppi and her neko-chan fall out of their relationship.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVLft04WQc&list=PLTnoe1_0qtAYG4jQHQV1ZCucowzARRLrl

And Momoka hardcore promotes Milky once again.

 

 

 

 

 

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Oh right.

Enjoy your life PV

http://youtu.be/8OmcB7zD82M

Maybe Kasai is a spoiled princess maybe not, but I don't care either way. I always had a soft spot for her. Nice song and the video with all the cameos of the old gen members is really precious. Good luck where ever you may go, Chiyuu!

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The only thing I know about saho is she talked a fan out of committing suicide <3 she seem like a sweetie tho I haven't followed her yet.

Wut? How did she manage that? That's freaking amazing.

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Wut? How did she manage that? That's freaking amazing.

 

Wow... That's very touching.

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So! Much! Color!   And so much adorable-ness (I know, not a real word but my brain just got fried by all the color) in 5 minutes condensed. Had a faint grin on my face the whole video through. And the song is not as bad as the last 3 or 4 singles.

 

So yeah...going back watching it a second time now.

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Just watched the Team A video and I have one question.

 

Aki-P, why is this just a coupling song?

 

Why instead is Sayonara Crawl the single, a song that's medicore without the great music video?

 

Sigh.

 

The MV has a fitting theme and amazing settings but nothing happens in it. The girls just stand around or dance for 5 seconds. It's looks high quality but is nonetheless cheap. Where is my story MV, dammit! Btw, Mayu looks mature for the first time in her Idol life. I kinda like it.

 

Now on to Team B and K. Wasamin   and Yuko .   

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Well it's a summer single so they had to have something sweet and summery   Plus they have to think what would sell better - cutesy song with dancing in bikinis or a rock song with edgy clothes and not that much dancing.

That's the problem isn't it. Either Aki-P and Co. just think they sell more with some bland cutesy song every year at the same time or the general AKB48 buyers (wotas and casual public) actually like it that way. I'm not sure which is right. Either way I don't like it. At least the song even exists, maybe I should be glad for that and shup up.

 

 

And what is up with jpopsuki? Did they get their plug pulled or is it just some maintenance?

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I'm watching No Flower Without Rain right now.

 

Have to make a running commentary, otherwise I forget what I want to talk about.

 

1.) Togasaki is a hypocrite. First he brings Yonezawa and Hirajima in front of a crowd of wotas for a round of "hands on" shame culture and than he cries like a bitch. I guess he knows how fucked up this shit is. But he doesn't get my pity. He is part of that system. It's all for the $$$, right?

 

2.) Sasshi's reaction to the shame show was great to me. It's understandable and she shows the contempt, for now obvious reasons, I also feel.  And it's interesting that they had that specific moment on tape. They edited the material perfectly. Sasshi, Micchan, Yuka...

 

3.) Best quote so far: Yukirin: "If I was a ordinary person and if I see me as the center of AKB, I think I would never support AKB." Major LOL.

 

To be continued...

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Mayuyu is making me her fan y'all 

 

 

 

 

It's season appropriate I guess..I mean depressing songs during the summer is kinda...depressing.....

Like how they put out graduation song around spring 

 

Assuming it's maintenance..tho it has been like that for 2, 3 days now 

I hope it doesn't die  :sad:

The song isn't depressing per se. The lyrics are pretty upbeat and hopeful. And what's wrong with some edgy rock-ballad in summer? Why has everything always have to be the same and boring?

 

simply because it's the 'summer themed single' like ponytail to shushu, everyday kachuusha..  i know, i kinda wish akb would break away from this predictable cycle

Let's wish together. Maybe one day it comes true.

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ngl, they do like it that way

That's depressing as hell.

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Running commentary for Flower documentary.

 

4.) Sasshi is a trooper. She took that opportunity and run with it. No dramatic self-loathing, no bullshitting. And she understood right away that she was put on a mission in HKT. And now she is mentor, theater manager and song producer.  

 

5.) Accan got center, which she didn't want to be. Paruru is pushed for center, although she doesn't (want to) give a fuck. I see a pattern. Mayuyu tries in vain.

 

6.) Sometimes Takamina is a fanatic work-aholic. I don't say her roasting of the younglings wasn't justified but like with the last documentary when they all collapsed because of exhaustion (which she facilitated because of the midnight training after the first show), she sometimes doesn't know when to stop. Her Japanese bee-hive mindset desturbs me.

 

To be continued 

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Flower Documentary Conclusion: That was the best documentary yet. Many members and issues were focused on. That last minute of monologue by Jurina(?) was quite breath taking and accurat. Many want to be center, some not really, only one can be it. And the reality of being center is much harsher than the high dreams and aspirations of those girls make it seem to be.

 

It's quite paradoxical.   

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I need more details on this 

Not much to add. Yonezawa and Hirajima (who got dismissed from AKB after quite a messy dating scandal) got on stage at one of the handshake events one day(?) after the dismissal and cried and apologized their souls out in front of a few thousand people. Togasaki annouced them and afterwards he got off stage and started bawling like a baby.

 

I know he doesn't call the shots, he's not Aki-P, but at the same time I can't sympathize with him. The cognitive dissonance with this issue is just mind- boggling.   

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15th gen getting into trouble already. http://geinolabo.ldblog.jp/archives/4470611.html

 

Apparently Okawa Nana used to be a H!P wota a couple of years ago and said a lot of crap about AKB on twitter and Yahoo. 

 

I don't think it's that big of a deal tbh, what's past is past and she should be given a clean slate when she comes into AKB, she obviously liked the group enough to audition.   

The 15th gen starts off to a good start I see. AKB48 got infiltrated by the ENEMY!!!11!einseinself lol

And I can't tell those new girls apart. Look all the same with their long black standard hairstyle. And they all look really young...

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Uh...question. Do they annouce the preliminary vote count after the first day like last year? I'm deciding who to vote for after I had a look at that. (Wasamin or Fuuchan, Wasamin or Fuuchan, Wasamin or...aaaarrg)

 

 

I hope YesAsia isn't as slow as they sometimes tend to be. I don't want my vote go to waste. Hurry up YesAsia-kun!

 

As for the rich wotas buying truckloads of singles: I don't get it but it's nothing I fuss about. But I have to say it's a waste of resources to produce all those CDs essentially just to include the voting ticket, all the garbage it produces.

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FUQ YEAH~~~ I got Mariko~~ 

 

 

BTW management are bitches for not including photocard in LE ver now 

 

 

 

You already got your CD?? Mine isn't even shipped yet although I pre-ordered. lol

 

I knew I shouldn't have orderd with YesAsia. Sigh. -_-

 

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Mine was from CDJapan because I ordered 3 and the shipping for YesAsia isn't less expensive....

If your is Fedex it will probably arrive soon

 

 

I guess I got mine FURAGETO~ 

I took the standard shipping because fast shipping is more expensive than the CD itself. No way I pay that much money.

 

The shipping usually takes one and a half to 2 weeks and the voting period is roughly 2 and a half weeks. I took the gamble.xD Now, if they fuck up the shipping and ship it out 2 or three days late.... then the time window get's reeeeeally narrow for me.  Just crossing my fingers here. lol

 

The Cd looks actually pretty nice. The covers alone looked a bit cheap but the CD jacket is quite nice. And you got really lucky with your photos there. Congrats.

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Omg, this is going to be interesting. The list is one major scramble. Just for comparison sake I post the prelim votes from election 2012.

 

1. Oshima Yuko – AKB48 – 15,093 Votes                                                               
2. Kashiwagi Yuki – AKB48 – 12,654 Votes
3. Watanabe Mayu – AKB48 – 11,329 Votes
4. Sashihara Rino – AKB48 – 9,337 Votes
5. Takahashi Minami – AKB48 – 8,955 Votes
6. Shinoda Mariko – AKB48 – 8,619 Votes
7. Matsui Rena – SKE48 – 8,460 Votes
8. Matsui Jurina – SKE48(AKB48) – 7,795 Votes
9. Itano Tomomi – AKB48 – 6,595 Votes
10. Miyazawa Sae – AKB48 – 6,280 Votes
11. Kojima Haruna – AKB48 – 5,334 Votes
12. Yokoyama Yui – AKB48 – 4,301 Votes
13. Takajo Aki -AKB48 – 3,661 Votes
14. Umeda Ayaka – AKB48 – 3,484 Votes
15. Minegishi Minami – AKB48 – 3,396 Votes
16. Kitahara Rie – AKB48 – 3,302 Votes
17. Kasai Tomomi – AKB48 – 3,227 Votes
18. Yamamoto Sayaka – NMB48 – 3,218 Votes
19. Watanabe Miyuki – NMB48 (AKB48) – 2,976 Votes
20. Takayanagi Akane – SKE48 – 2,471 Votes
21. Sato Amina – AKB48 -2,392 Votes
22. Shimazaki Haruka – AKB48 – 2,340 Votes
22. Furukawa Airi – SKE48 – 2,340 Votes
24. Hata Sawako – SKE48 – 2,312 Votes
25. Masuda Yuka – AKB48 – 2,182 Votes
26. Suda Akari – SKE48 – 2,149 Votes
27. Mukaida Manatsu – SKE48 – 1,948 Votes
28. Oya Masana – SKE48 – 1,919 Votes
29. Ogiso Shiori – SKE48 – 1,788 Votes
30. Muto Tomu – AKB48 Research Students – 1,757 Votes
31. Ogasawara Mayu – NMB48 – 1,746 Votes
32. Akimoto Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,743 Votes
33. Yagami Kumi – SKE48 – 1,671 Votes
34. Kuramochi Asuka – AKB48 – 1,653 Votes
35. Kizaki Yuria – SKE48 – 1,624 Votes
36. Nakaya Sayaka – AKB48 – 1,348 Votes
37. Yakata Miki – SKE48 – 1,345 Votes
38. Nakagawa Haruka – AKB48 – 1,244 Votes
39. Matsumura Kaori – SKE48 Research Students- 1,194 Votes
40. Nakata Chisato – AKB48 – 1,188 Votes
41. Fujie Reina – AKB48 – 1,166 Votes
42. Yamada Nana – NMB48 – 1,136 Votes
43. Kobayashi Kana – AKB48 – 1,110 Votes
44. Kimoto Kanon – SKE48 – 1,039 Votes
45. Iwasaki Misaki – AKB48 – 1,023 Votes
46. Hiramatsu Kanako – SKE48 – 998 Votes
47. Yamauchi Suzuran – AKB48 – 988 Votes
48. Ishida Haruka – AKB48 – 985 Votes
49. Miyazaki Miho – AKB48 – 970 Votes
50. Oya Shizuka – AKB48 – 964 Votes
51. Katayama Haruka – AKB48 – 955 Votes
52. Ota Aika – AKB48 – 912 Votes
53. Nagao Mariya – AKB48 -818 Votes
54. Fukumoto Aina – NMB48 – 816 Votes
55. Maeda Ami – AKB48 – 810 Votes
56. Oba Mina – AKB48 – 786 Votes
57. Matsubara Natsumi – AKB48 – 750 Votes
57. Kinoshita Yukiko – SKE48 – 750 Votes
59. Ichikawa Miori – AKB48 – 702 Votes
60. Nonaka Misato – AKB48 – 701 Votes
61. Kikuchi Ayaka – AKB48 – 653 Votes
62 Eto Sayaka – HKT48 Research Students – 641 Votes
63. Nakanishi Yuka – SKE48 – 618 Votes
64. Tanabe Miku – AKB48 – 616 Votes