[GENERAL] The Nogizaka46 thread!

so its your fault

 

welp

 

Newest CM

Haruyama

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AwaBank

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why

 

Here we go guys, brace yourselves we got 1 grad announcement for this year.

misasen..

 

Sure. Yup. At this point eight years in, 1st Gen graduations are not surprising. Inevitable. The Nogizaka shade of purple is gonna be different from here on out. Appreciate your oshimen while she's still in the group.

So, by April there will be 13 original members. So weird to fathom. The remaining would make a nice senbatsu if not for the fact that to get to that combination of members kind of sucked. It is what it is though and being an idol fan is tough.

 

thought yesterdays it will be inoue first, well
welcome to the graduation club senpai

 

Ex-Nogi Mahiro officially revealed a member of the sketchy K-pop group Z-Girls
https://twitter.com/zpop_official/status/1096258031329759232/photo/1

It seemed like there were Japanese investors in this project and one of those persons might be the one pulling her in.

I doubt it, unless this project is totally a scam, it is meant to last longer. They even created a new crypto currency for the project.

Even if it's simply a 1 year project, the cruelty members have to face can be unfathomable. As I've mentioned, to be a member of unpopular K-pop group can be a grave torture.

If they had that much money, better used it to save Zenith's already existing groups. Zenith's groups, Lipbubble and Wanna B. need much more budget to gain a level of relevancy. (A founder of this project is said to be the chairman of Zenith.)

Just to hire Jiyeon for a promotional video is nothing when the cost of a K-pop mv can exceed 200k USD. The costliest debut project ever in K-pop history belongs to Loona whose agency spent over 10 million USD to release digital single+MV for each of its 12 members prior the the debut of the group. (Loona has been speculated as money laundering project as the parent of its agency, which is a military gear dealer, was accused of tax evasion.)

I suppose you've never heard about K-pop and its "sponsor" urban legend nor you've heard about the rampant abuse within the industry that you can say "It's nothing to worry about".

 

finally huh.

in someway misa graduation is were likely happen since she's not attending IHS anymore in my thoughts. frankly honest this hurting me while idk for how long some part of me will always be gloomy since nanase going to left soon and this kinda finalizing hurting blow
learning the joyfull of handshake with nogi almost since 5 years ago, unfortunately but real , my og oshii in events already down to 1/5

but still, new gen new chapter will always a path i would like to believe while the greatest memory of 1st gen will always be cherished in my personal feelings.

thanks for all the memories misa paisen , one of the best girls ive ever met in handshake events

 

Nogiten 2 #65 (2019-02-01)

https://48idol.com/video/13136

 

Although Misa might not getting a graduation single, but I'm still happy she got a graduation concert.
Recently every members who graduated got a graduation event, no matter whether they're top tier or low tier members. Even Kawago got one. It shows that they are worthy as Nogizaka members.

 

CMIIW

Misa -> graduation solo concert

 

You know perfectly well that the costs are mostly done by idol debt, especially in the beginnning. And I doubt this is anything different. They're gonna end up in a big debt if they don't succed - sure, but it's risk they know of and agreed to when they joined the project.
Abuse exists everywhere including Japan and so do speculation. Do you want us to remind ourselves about the countless jpop forced prostitution to higher-ups scandals that ended up into conspiracies due to the girls suddenly being investigated for other crimes after they talked about it? No, I don't think there is any point.
I honestly think we should stop this "we-know-it-all" approach. We can't know what truly happens because we're not part of it and speculation is just speculation. We're just fans of groups. Guessing what happens and doesn't happen behind-the-scenes is a waste of time. Just because we are fans of the girls doesn't mean we should always believe their side of the story, because both them and the management, investors could be lying and until proof comes, we have zero idea who did what in a case to case scenario

 

Did Nojo, Sagara, and Chiharu get one?

Misa is fukujin and even was front row twice (Ima Hanashitai Dareka Ga Iru, Influencer) so a big grad event for her is natural. Lower tier members seems case-by-case to me. Marika was a 3rd row sembatsu / 1st row under sort of member (I guess you would call that mid-tier?) and I don't recall her getting a graduation event but she did have a photobook. She also had that solo art exhibit, but I don't know if that was part of her graduation thing.

 

I think Marika got one with Himetan

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Those might not related about graduation event, but I considered those as graduation 'gift'.
For Johnson, she got several musical gigs after grad, one of them is musical featuring Nogi members. I also considered that as gift.
And about Chiichan and Iori, their graduation seems so quiet. Yeah, they weren't given any event or gift. But the good thing about Iori is her modeling career seems on the rise.

 

Technically Nagashima had the first graduation concert as part of the Under live. And wasn’t MaiMai’s a graduation concert as well?

 

Yeah, Fukagawa had a graduation concert, plus a Nogichu episode that was dedicated to her for her graduation basically (only Iwase, Fukagawa, Hashimoto, Ikoma, and Nanase have had those IIRC). The first 46 Hours TV also had a mini-concert that was "directed" by Fukagawa. I suppose one of the songs (Kimi No Nawa Kibou) during that mini-concert was a small graduation gift to Nagashima since she was featured heavily (was she center?) in that song performance. Was the Under Live a graduation concert though? I assume every graduating member gets at least the opportunity to make a short speech or message before they graduate, either during a concert or at the end of Nogichuu, even if they were perma row 3 under since it's just a speech - not much cost or work for management. (The only exceptions would be someone like Yamato who was fired?) But I don't know if I would equate short speech with a gift. Even perma row 3 under + scandal can get to make short speeches like Kawamura (at the end of a Nogichuu episode), but are likely to not get graduation gifts which IMO is like Marika's photobook, or dedicated events.

I never thought of Nojo's musicals as graduation gifts. I thought those were just part of her regular career as an actress, but I'm not sure.

Chiharu is an announcer for TBS or is in training to be one, so I imagine she will pop up on TV some time in the near future.

 

Allow me to quote from the Unders Thread. Click on the attachment and get to see the Under Live being put on for Nagashima.