2013-01-21, 03:15 | Link #3042 | |
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The closing shot was very nice, though I found the revival of the original's opening theme a bit awkward. Is a secondary character getting 10th place really important enough to warrant that? >_> And yeah, I'm with Kazu in thinking that Nagisa's twinge was jealousy. |
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2013-01-21, 03:53 | Link #3043 | ||
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I wonder about the other kenkyusei. Chieri aside, Mimori seems to be the most popular, so we probably won't see any of the others girl in the ranking. Chieri could rank, but she probably dropped out, so I wonder what will happen...
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2013-01-21, 04:25 | Link #3044 | |
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Anyways, IF Chieri ranks in, I see her at either 9 or 8, which is dependent on if only 1 or if 2 of the remaining kenkyusei end up ranked. At present, I think only Nagisa and Chieri have any chance of filling those slots. In my personal opinion, I'd rather see Chieri fall out of the rankings completely (which would fit in with her personality, and would probably not upset her at this moment) in favor of Nagisa ranking 9. Let's face it, of the main cast, Nagisa's the primary focus of the series, and she does simply outshine everyone else OTHER than Chieri. I hate to say it, but her character path is fairly formulaic at this point, with Chieri being her primary rival, and her only obstacle among the kenkyusei. And, I hated how episode 16 ends as it did. The animators/writers could have at least had enough consideration to at least show all 10 (even as an aside before the credits without the drama of the announcing ceremony), because most of the fans will be curious, especially since this "election" has been hyped up for the entirety of the 2nd season at this point.
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2013-01-21, 05:06 | Link #3045 |
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I doubt Nagisa will rank at all. I am Nagisa supporter but let's be honest. She is not as popular as Chieri or any successor. It will be a troll move from the writer to put Nagisa in the top 10 without an explanation since she has not done anything super great to get popular. Moreover, what's bothering Nagisa is not just what's going on with Chieri but also she is falling behind. I believe she is jealous because she is falling behind Chieri in terms of achieving her goal of being a successor.
I support the idea of Makoto for Center Nova. (/me runs)
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2013-01-21, 05:50 | Link #3047 | ||
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If she did retire, then I can see Nagisa ranking in too. Remember that all the KKS should have gotten quite a boost with all the promotion they have been doing, and between then Chieri and Nagisa should be quite more popular, being the starts of the concerts, the two that tend to shine quite more than the others. Then there is also that comment about someone wondering whether Chieri or Nagisa would rank it higher, which can mean Nagisa may be getting enough votes for people consider the possibility of her getting more votes than Chieri, although I don't think that would happen.
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2013-01-21, 07:59 | Link #3048 | |
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2013-01-21, 11:19 | Link #3049 | |
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Anyway. As for Nagisa, all she has going for her is that she's one of the leads when the trainees perform, and she's good at making her kirara glow. She hasn't done anything else to make herself stand out, positively or negatively. She has fans, yes, all the kids have fans, but it wouldn't make sense for her to rank in the elections. There is simply nothing to her to make her have that kind of popularity. Makoto stands out more than Nagisa.
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2013-01-21, 11:27 | Link #3050 | |
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Yeah, in their latest performance it was made obvious that Nagisa and Chieri can make their kirara glow at will. The other girls still don't have that kind of control over their kirara. Then again, maybe that's meant to show the Center Nova potential that Nagisa and Chieri have.
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2013-01-22, 14:03 | Link #3053 | |
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I don't think it's easy to enter a place like that, since you can only get underground through special shafts, and I would imagine that they do have a customs office. That said, being related to Zodiac doesn't seem like reason enough for somebody to be denied entry. With how large the company is, I'd guess thousands of people connected to it are AKB0048 fans.
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2013-01-23, 06:40 | Link #3055 |
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Interesting news from Tsubasa blog (I'm not entirely sure about it, so would like if someone with better Japanese could verify):
Tomorrow she will announce the rank of the girls on the elections. It seems she will only announce the rank of the girls who did worse than 10. Or will she announced 1-10? I'm not sure. XD She also said with it she will tell more information about each the 10 "new" successors together with it.
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2013-01-23, 07:22 | Link #3056 |
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They were just done performing live a few hours ago.
and this: http://girls48.tumblr.com/post/41274371916
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2013-01-23, 13:15 | Link #3059 | |
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Apparently, places 1-10th of the preliminary results were already released during some limited event. While this is not stated for 100%, the information released tomorrow should contain all places. This will necessarily mean that new character information for some members-proper that were not shown/focused on in the anime to date will also become available.
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2013-01-23, 15:32 | Link #3060 | |
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