Previous: >>51073272All AKB sub-groups and related Japanese *48 groups welcome.FAQ: https://pastebin.com/vnf5EBHe>News(08/05) HKT48 15th ANNIVERSARY BOOK(08/19) AKB48 68th Single (Suki-ish). Ito Momoka center(09/16) STU48 14th Single (TBA). Kai Cocoa center>Useful LinksTheater Schedules and Ticket Application: https://ticket.akb48-group.com/home/top.phpLive Shows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnKp_AEeGUNTNePfY3C3AO4veiVi7frza82lRo44ejQ48/46 Group Masterlist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B1HFVF5iQBgvjDrPnmwfbq0Iz6VvaOmDep0C2x8yoMo
the ugly right one ruins the op
I wish AKB idols were AIAI doesn't age and rot but idols do
4 años sin gravure
umika-san y raimon-san
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r4UBoWHArI
>>51097030thanks for reminding me i still have a bunch of old notes to exchange
>>51097079crikey!
any tit tattoos? i bet murashige has at least one.
>>51097041They have been getting cooked on twitter a lot recently The fate of popular groups.
>>51096326I've been thinking about that as well, I mean the tech would be used to record your loved ones and recreate them via AI and use their real voices and personalities for the persona of the AI character. But from what I read online, some find it creepy, but maybe this is a case of people being judgemental before they have tried it for themselves. I remember Steve Ballmer dismissed the iPhone design such that he assumed people don't want touch screen typing or I think he couldn't visualize how it would be implemented, and then Apple took the lead, and all else followed behind including Microsoft, which ironically, they had the answer in front of them, ie. Windows CE powered palmtops, which with a cellphone adapter, would make it the SEX mobile phone. This is a principle of marketing I realized long ago, ie. while marketing research is good and great, but sometimes the mass customer base doesn't know what they like until it's in front of them. I've seen it happen with MMORPGs and battle royale. There were eras where these types of games flourished and flooded the market. Maybe AKS is right after all with the mass recruitment of trainees and then seeing would stick to the wall so to speak. Now it's more designed and hands on approach, but I did recommend they keep the element of random in their recruitment.Theme song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7nX-zmQe0
it took a minute or two but this is not jurina
>>51096326The ephemerality of idols intensifies their beauty. There's a reason idols are so closely associated with cherry blossoms.
you'd think she'd put some weight on to make the lopping visually more impressive
*lop*
O KI ROOOOhttps://www.tiktok.com/@yuioguri.akb48/video/7660518912949603605
sucka me itchy fanbois are jealous our girls are full of bushido team spirit displaying behaviour of "iF i CaN't hAvE fUn nOoNe WilL".<TRIGGER WARNING>BUSHIDO TEAM SPIRIT<TRIGGER WARNING>
Miku won
>>51098520>>51099220>>51099236hyperbijin
>Smile Garden stage at TIF
>>51099396Murashige won
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_c6cZ1ccnA
>>51096147That nose is so fucking huge
>>51096288Wdym. She’s the cutest of the three
>>51099396I wish they'd do "Keeping Up With The Murashiges". Surely a missed opportunity, Papa and Mama Shige are TV gold.
>>51099921>Papa and Mama ShigeWhere do I watch this?
Boss
>>51099210saw it as poundland at first>>51099968very nice
>>51099930About 40mins in. They appeared in other stuff as a result. Sasshi said after the documentary came out (I think she tried to direct it), all anyone asked her about was Papa Shige.https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2ZrysfjisOXkIvu8fx
Promotion concert
she's dead, isn't she?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtqwyAERs4
>>51101576Fucking Mutos rigging elections again.
megane
>>51101576Nice We need Sorara in senbatsu
I am not glad about this. The management promised that there would be no fights like the elections
So Yuiyui is far above the other members. Makes sense since she has been the face of the group for several years now but it also spells doom since she might graduate soon and take a lot of the fanbase away
I am very surprised that Yukinee ranked 10thShe doesn't do well at handshakesShe is not very idolShe is not the best performer I am very glad for her but also surprised. Did she get the votes just because of her beauty?
>>51101832Yeah, it's better to have fights for management favor instead of fans.The group gets along so nicely when everything is decided through backdoor politics. No bullying and shaves heads in this group anymore.
>>51101832I thought Zukki would be higher and closer to Yuiyui
>>51101881There has always been a considerable gap between Yuiyui and Zukky.Yuiyui joined earlier and had the boost of being in team 8. She also interacted with popular members back when the group was popular.
Yahagi Moeka was supposed to be the rival/counterpart to Yuyui but she graduated early and Zukky was pushed as a substitute
>>51102059>>51102064https://youtu.be/sGNK-cOtxSs?t=9
>>51101832Orin back in the game.
>>51101832This feels very much the judgement of the wota. They should be careful they don't come out and its an empty venue because 30 people bought all the seats.
>>51099396She should be much cuter than she is.
>>51101842She’s one of the members I want to graduate the most, simply for how she represents legacy AKB48 especially the messy and highly emotional Team 8 era. I’m flying under Itomomo’s flag. The present and future, LET’S GO
>>51101850I think Yukinee has a lot of casual young Japanese women fans who don’t spend much on handshake, so her sales always look bad compared to the idols who have whales. Yuna is the opposite - she has serious whales in her fanbase, but she ranked pretty low in that election’s results
>>51102599she must be a lot of fun. i bet her gf has lots of fun with her :3
>>51103194She has probably thought about graduation but couldn't graduate since the group would be destroyed without herShe can graduate now since Itomomo, Yagi and Aichan are doing well
>>51103778I wish her the best for post-grad. She clearly put in a lot of work during one of AKB48’s roughest eras with the mass graduations. … but, it’s also time for her to go. The newer generations deserve the spotlight. Same goes for Shitao, Erii, Naru, and Ayamin - all should let go.
yes, fuck the fans who have supported these members and the group for years. everything should be about us newfags, SEAs and troons, since it's not like there are a ton of new groups in recent years, we could just follow, if we are annoyed about established idols and want "freshness". we have to come to this group and demand that the veterans leave.
>>51101832>>51101832The spirit of the SSK was supposed to be giving less known members the chance to shine their goods, but it devolved into a pissing the highest on the wall popularity contest. That's why I have suggested before they could try themed senbatsu if they release the return of the SSK. I'm wary of the toxicity SSK would bring back, but I do realize it's a great marketing tool, so maybe balance the high intensity competition of both the members and the fans, and the well meaningness of the event.https://warosu.org/jp/thread/21063252#p21065087
>>51103907The SSK worked when AKB was gaining momentum and was the highest idol groupIt won't work now. We are in different eraswith way more idol groups competing for people's attention Management should find a way to make the group more exciting or Aki-P should start writing good songs again but we know that won't happen
>>51103805Erii?Erii is relatively young in the group and still fresh. She didn't even get a proper push in the group until her center song She was buried under the heavy weight of the 200+ members and the sister groups. I think she should remain for a few more yearsThe older team 8 members will graduate after Yuiyui leaves
have you renamed all your pics and vids with their blake2 hash?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJws2J5ji_Q
>>51103884Legacy fans are the reason the group can’t grow, and also interacting with that side of the fandom is a pain in the ass since all of them are too invested in the ecosystem. They’re true believers and can’t see the actual corporate/business logic that is core to the 48G ecosystem despite their years of being a fan. The vibe of 17ki+ fans, especially the newest fans, is much more different. They’re not tied to AKB’s legacy, the OGs, or the team 8 era.
>>51104367Could this woman just vanish?
>>51104369I hope she comes back
>>51104399That would be the worst thing to happen to the groupShe should be in university adjusting to commoner life. She shouldn’t be an idol, ever
If you poop in the toilet, you should flush. Nobody's going to pick it up.
>>51104367Basado True Bushido.
>>51104367Rise, Uriela-san, the casted down archangel of truth<TRIGGER WARNING>
i like her poker face song
rip haewon. lopping incoming ;_;
>>51104319they should just fire everyone pre 17ki and keep the best 7 sellers from the newer gens. then they should abolish the theater, only play songs that were released in the past ~5 years and you also shouldn't be allowed to attend events if you're older than 30 as a male. wouldn't that be awesome, sister?
>>51104531I’m a guy LOLBut honestly, some of those aren’t bad ideas. Old songs won’t be take seriously by the newer audiences that AKB needs. And I’m not talking about young 20-something Japanese salarywomen; I’m talking about the 20 and 30-something year old male chika otaku.
>>51104367https://x.com/Team4_2001_0228/status/2075718640201310403Bondshido.
>>51102743For some reason, I still love her.
Powerful.
>>51104531>then they should abolish the theaterThen it wouldn't be AKB anymore. It would be one of the countless existing idol groups
>>51104577>>51104531One of the best charms of AKB is that they are a group with a high catalogue of songs passed down from members to membersI hate the fact that the same songs are performed over and over but abolishing 100s of songs would be disastrous
How much time should a man dedicate to idol groups during the day? 1 hour?
>>51104665It depends on how you consume idol content Honestly the only time I feel okay on this hellish planet is when I am immersed in idol performances If burnout wasn't possible I would love to be immersed in idol content for eternity
>>51104665as long as you fucking want. are you a pansy?
>>51104673Do you work? If so, do you consume idol content at work?Do you consume idol content before or whilst going to bed?I particularly enjoy idol content on weekend mornings whilst calmly eating breakfast.
>>51104664I wouldn’t “abolish” the OG songs, but those should remain in large-scale, arena venues like harucon or the three concepts concerts. Legacy songs will sound extremely out of place at chika taibans or festivals where otaku expect experimental rock or electronic music. And that normie audience, unfortunately, is the audience AKB48 desperately needs. The group doesn’t need more 50-60+ year old ojisans being fans.
>>51104665Depends on the nature of the content. If you follow AKB theater regularly, you’re already spending 2 hours per day. I don’t think that’s *terrible*, but there are more productive uses of your daily time. If you still want to watch a theater stage anyways, simply sub to the official YouTube account and watch a Koko Kara da stage on a random Saturday/Sunday morning. Treat it like if you were watching a film.I don’t know how daily stage-watchers handle it. I’d feel burnt out after a few days of that. And there are only so many Koko Kara Da stages (or other AKB stages) you can watch before you start getting bored.Social media posts are hard to quantify. Your time commitment is effectively 0 if you’re just mindlessly scrolling. If you’re actively sharing content from the idols’ social media posts on something like a discord server, though, or following the idols via that discord server, you could spend hours on idols without realizing. That’s danger territory.
>>51104699Spread out your theatre viewings. Do not binge.
>>51104706Usually, when I watch them, I have them playing in the background while I’m doing something else (cooking or scrolling through social media). I also skip a lot of the MCs since I don’t speak Japanese
>>51104710Background playing is nice.
They do everything incredibly late but I think in recent years they are generally doing the right thing. Fixing the theatre, releasing new records, making their own variety content, hiring interesting new members and helping them at the start etc. I think they just have to carry on, the wheel will turn. They deserved their decline phase, you can't just only do greatest hits medleys accompanied by zero effort dancing. Maybe they can earn a revival or not but I think they've stopped the rot.
>>511046902017 AKB sounds more modern than actual modern AKB. They didn't put ItoMomo on TIF performance and got booted from the main stage. Their music is not doing them any favors.
>>51104690I agree with you on thisAKB sticking the the old hit songs hurt it in many waysI hate the fact that members pour their soul into new songs whiles otaku spend their hard earned money on it just for the song to only be sang just 10 times and discarded.
Queremos oler
>>51104728Maybe they should get a new producerAki-P is managing like 20 groups now and he obviously doesn't have the energy to manage all of themAki-P was at his best from 2005-2012 when his main work was AKBAfter creating the sakamichi groups and the sister groups his energy has been drainedWe didn't get new stages from AkB from 2010-2024 with the exception of A7He now moves from one group to the next when he gets bored of the old one
>>51104746That’s because 2017 AKB was chasing kpop trends. These days, there’s only *one* song that actually sounds modern, and it’s the song everyone glosses over. It’s on the nagorizakura release. (No, it’s not cyborg). That’s the kind of song AKB48 desperately needs to compete.Anyways, I’m generally fatigued from the 48G ecosystem as a whole. My mind is now on… stardust
>>51104755Meimei should audition for the new generation and have a redemption arc that's worth writing into the group's history.
>>51104790Something like that happened in HEROINES, but the idol in question was groomed by one of the managers when she was underage. She was kicked out at 15, remained out of the idol industry for several years, and just returned.Mei doesn’t have that redemption arc available to her, unfortunately
>>51104802what did her hair look like afterwards?
>>51104802Why not? Seems like exactly the thing AkiP would go for.
>>51104755Bushido senpais.<TRIGGER WARNING>
>>51104811LOL there was no performative shaving. She was simply kicked out on the spot for “breaching the contract” and vanished from social media for years. She was a star vocalist among HEROINES, though, and she was allowed back in. She’s one of their most popular idols right now.Look up Yua Amane if you’re interested in knowing more. Her cheki lines are fucking nuts on the same level as the HEROINES top idols.
>>51104814I mean… sure, has that ever happened before in all of 48G and Sakamichi? I thought he usually treats idols as one and doneAlso, do remember that Mei is
Mei is the first contract breach for AKB48, and it was entirely her own fault. She was not manipulated. Chances of her coming back to the group are very low in my opinion
48G doing gqom
>>51104768Aki-P says he doesn't want to chase trends that is why he isn't release the kawai songs that are popular right nowFruits zipper and =love are the most popular groups now because they chased the kawaii trend that was started by Tokimeki Sendenbu
In fact it seems that Aki-P is rather regression way to the past with the songs he releases nowNMB got a showa song that received criticismsNogi got an old AKB song that made the fans so angry that they started harassing the song producer Aki-P even had to talk about it on a show and it seems he hasn't changed his mind because he is still releasing a showa era track for AKBs new single
>>51104854I dislike the kawaii songs just like any other 48G fans would, but I also don’t think sticking to the AKB formula or going back to Showa-era pop (68th single) is the move. The underground and mainstream also aren’t *just* kawaii. There’s genuinely a lot of exciting, experimental elsewhere that isn’t just singing kawaii and dropping a catchy beat.In my opinion, “trendy AKB” would sound a lot closer to White Scorpion or Haruka Echo (under HEROINES)
>>51104802Mei is a core member of the 19th gen. She is more idol than Itomomo and completed the trio along with kawayuiThe 19th generation promotion concert feels wrong without her
AKB's single tracks took a nose dive after Yukirin's graduation Aichans song was too short and didn't fit aichan. I hope she gets a new song that really fits herAzuki's song was a mediocre song The anniversary song was disappointing I can't believe Aki-P couldn't think of a better song to give for the 20th Anniversary Itomomo's song was decent None of these songs are enough to attract new audiences. I only listen to them because I love the idols.
>>51104884AKB48 only has ONE song released within the last year that can be considered good according to modern standards, yet it doesn’t sound like an AKB48 song at all. It’s also not the cyborg song, which is a pretty predictable but empty EDM track.(It’s Omoide Scroll)
winter during lemonade...
i really like anzu
>>51104710>I also skip a lot of the MCs since I don’t speak JapaneseI watch a hkt stage a day and love the mcs the most, even if I understand less than half of it
you now remember 薮下楓
https://x.com/_masmaskalem/status/2075864166200643665
>>51105274Woman
>>51105180She’s prettier than all of akb48
>>51104802Mei is toxic poison, anyone who lets her anywhere near idoling is officially retarded.
womyn
do you think your oshi is raging that she'll no longer be able to buy new ps games on disc in the near future?
our oshi knows the discs didn't contain any data for a number of years now
good. i hope she knew studiocanal and discovery were the ones responsible for movies and shows vanishing and not sony. i also hope 'corpo' isn't in her vocabulary
Bebita gigante
>>51105158
its 2026 and i still jerk my dick weekly to early 2010s rena matsui bikini shoots. is this what becoming an unc is like? "back in my day"?
Shitao's dog is still alive? I remember watching that dog on Akbingo
>>51105705NoBecoming an uncle means being too stressed to even think about jerking off
>ボーイッシュ女子好き？？oh yes
current haewon...
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2KVplwB4wwe are so fucking back
Is Remi's eyes real?
>>51105917our girl nacchi got done dirty by the scoring systemshould've been first
>>51104768I don't mind an AKB singles compilation although its a fact their best album was really the Mayu record which I'm counting because plenty of people have performed tracks off it since without being her (including Dasu when she was still around).Artistically though they've got nothing like Momoclo 5th Dimension and The Diamond Four. Those are genuinely great albums filled with interesting and unusual music.
pew
>>51106063based Best Regards appreciatorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80LrHyxmKVA
SEAwaifu
Why are SEAwaifus way more sexier than Japanese idols?
>>51106088Interesting aiming technique doing it like it's a slingshot though this makes me cringe as archery was my favorite PE class back in college so much so I contemplated on going pro and joining competitive archery.
>>51106094I kind of wonder how this came about actually, was it used in a stage maybe. Still, very cute performance. https://youtu.be/E4Bop8LFuvo
>>51106224It was a running joke to give Mayu's songs to... variety members.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU1wSFfjWLE&t=1996s
https://x.com/spaklrklethns/status/2076244011980120332Gabriela-san, the archangel of dreams, is back in the House.https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2076243865712082944/vid/avc1/1280x720/0EMX2gBSDTnUiH5M.mp4
>>51106283
>>51106285
Meimei didn't appearWhich means it is over
4th gen bonds are still alive and well
>>51106063Greatest hits album was awesome. Sadly, that “edge” is gone. I now cringe when I see the members in theater outfits Seems like I’ve evolved to the high-fashion, tech-forward aesthetic of… other idol groups
COCONA!!!
>>51106342Indeed, I'd love to know how it really works though, this is clearly a very set industry in the sense its the same song writers and Osare Company making all the costumes for everyone.But clearly =LOVE 20th single is great, they look great and the video is great. I couldn't help thinking it was the sort of thing AKB would have done when they were popular and there is no reason they couldn't do now, only they didn't.
>>51106496=love is very wealthy now and their customes and MVs are superb nowAkb is heading in the opposite direction MVs have hit a new low in budget and the customes are the same school uniforms they have been wearing for decades
>>51106496I don't think =love's 20th single sounds good.It sounds overly produced and is carried by the fact that the members have good vocals The coupling song sounds better and is a bigger hit
They recreated this scene from the 17th gen promotion concert when the 19th gen were dancing in the background with balloons Very cute
Thank God that they choose to sing Sayonara Crawl instead of Ponytail or Everyday headband Labrador retriever and Sayonara crawl are the best summer singles simply because they haven't been performed to the point of exhaustion
>>51106114Hoop gives me a boner>>51106177The girl in grey looked to be doing it decently. To my unskilled eye at least.
Honda binging on coffee because K*rea is stressful, then pissing in my mouth and I can taste the coffeeness of her piss. Ground bean.
Tomi Tesla's Piss Water ® Low Calorie Delicious Drink!
>>51106519Omoide Scroll outfits were fun, if quirky. That’s the modern kind of energy I’d expect an “idols you can meet” group to have in 2026. It’s much better than the school uniforms from nagorizakura or the showa-era uniforms from NMB48’s latest single.Sadly, AKB48’s outfits can’t match White Scorpion’s modern, fashion-forward, tech-advanced aesthetic, or Stardust promotion’s high fashion aesthetic. It’s just not going to work.
>>51106887This woman will have a gravure photobook within the year as Yurina Gyoten is now her “best friend”
>>51106641Yes, kinda has optimal form. Over a distance, the arrow travels in an arc, but at this range, they might as well play darts with them.
Sayanee
>>51107053Meatastic.
>>51107129about to have a painful moment in her career
https://files.catbox.moe/dwfsag.webm Yuina215
I just watched one of the tourist style videos HKT did/do, in which Reia and Eguchi were competing for the best photograph to take at tourist sites or just around their locale. I was moved to heavy tears at the talents of both girls, and will make a webm later in celebration.
husbando anons we got accosted in SEAland upon arrival for the honeymoon with /our wife/ whom we just married. Airport immigration pigs planted drugs in our bags, accused us of drug trafficking and threw us in a cell with threats of 20 years getting assraped in some shithole prison. They separated us and /our wife/ and they worked on /our wife/ first — started with "pay the fine" bullshit but switched up when they saw how hot /our wife/ looked in the X-ray machine especially when they couldn't believe /our wife/ believed the bullshit that removal of all clothes and underwear is necessary for the X-ray procedure. They told /our wife/ they'd make it all disappear if /our wife/ "cooperated." /our wife/ was relunctant at first but agreed to save our ass. Next thing we know these corrupt officers are running a train on /our wife/ in the back rooms for hours — the captain choking /our wife/ out with his cock while the junior officers creampie her raw, making /our wife/ moan like a whore on the phone so we could hear every thrust and "for you hubby" sob. They rotated fucking /our wife/ holes, motorboated her thoroughly and properly, covered /our wife/ in cum, like those JAV blackmail specials we used to watch. By the end /our wife/ could barely walk but they let us go. Now we're back home and /our wife/ won't even look us in the eye but hugged us tightly and we know /our wife/ loves us truly and won't leave us. After a few days, the neighborhood association members came to visit, and /our wife/ came out of the bathroom with only a shower towel that could barely cover her body, and /our wife/ teased the neighborhood association members by bending down and leaning forward, and "accidentally" dropping the towel. This is the healing method suggested by our new friends from the neighborhood association to heal from the trauma of what happened in SEAland, instead of viewing it as a bad experience, we accept it and start to like it as if it was on purpose. How do we respond husbando anons?
>>51107714Sometimes I wonder how many people fap to itomomo’s calves
or imagine her crushing eggs with them
