Single Keyakizaka46 2nd [Sekai ni wa Ai shika nai] (2016/08/10)

Nogi factor? may be AKB factor? for example gyaru-chan write about keyaki "AKB busu", "AKB dai kirai", "mata AKB?", "AKB iranai"

 

Lots of factors.
First of Akimoto is still a huge name, his empire draws attention from both the public and media.
Second I am sure lots of Nogi fans were drawn to a new 46 group. Sheer interest, Pride for the 46 name, rival-feelings againt 48 etc.
Third, SaiMaj being a mainstream Hit got interest from non idol fans (They seem to have a big number of female fans)
Fourth, they went trough a lot of turmoil during their first couple of months, Scandal, Member quitting, Name Change... and as they are in the business of emotion that surely wasn't a disadvantage
Fifth This is speculation, but they seem to be super shy and down to earth. This might attract.

 

Well don't forget about 46's HS system. You can purchase the tickets at virtually anytime before the itself, unlike 48G, where you can only buy the HS tickets at given times.

 

Yep I am also from Nogi. Nogi is the only one I followed. I don't like the other 48 groups.

• Too Big
• Too much idol-ish songs
• Costumes too idol-ish
• Too much exposure

Several other reasons.
Nogi and Keyaki performed Seifuku together. The performes Kikkake together. Nogi and Keyaki were on the same events and festivals doing performances. Of course people look at the 46 there.

I am glad Keyaki started with a really strong single debut and followed with a 2nd strong single. Maybe wouldn't have started following.

 

I started to follow them since the beginning.
After just 1 year and 1 single (officially, the 2nd single is not released yet) they have 2 tv shows and 1 drama show + radio program. And are featured a lot on magazines.
And 20M views on SM's video.

Spoiler

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The more popular, the more HS tickets sold, I guess.

 

If anything, Keyakizaka is one of solid proof that idol industry is not yet saturated. There's still rooms for new stream of fans and more, as long as Keyakizaka keeping their quality, as a whole.

 

Keyakizaka on Ongaku no Hi!

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As expected, pre-recorded performance, and not a big stage.
lol @ the mc talk before the performance. She asked who's the youngest member (Tecchi) and asked her what's her appeal. Tecchi's answer is her height, she said she's the youngest but she's already at the same height as Sugai-sama (2nd older member), and probably will be taller than her. Then mc asked who's the sexiest member, and everyone agree that it's Akanen.

They performed SiMajo (short ver) with summer uniform! It still looks as cool as their debut uniform when they perform with it.

Then they performed Sekai ni wa Ai Shika nai, not full version, but still good performance nonetheless. Although it's a bit crowded, the camera are doing good job to focus on lot of members' faces.

 

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backup
http://www.bilibili.com/video/av5365060/

 

wow Evil Stepmother chan looks stunning in this. Really beautiful

 

seeing silent majority performed live makes me love the song all over again

 

Japanese commenters are really appreciating the fact that they speak the spoken parts of SekaAi live in this performance. They say that it really does work a lot better this way, rather than lip-syncing them.

I'm sure there are many factors, but this describes something very important to me. They seem like real, down-to-earth people with less pretense and show about them than most entertainers. They don't seem to hide their uncertainties.

The official MV on YouTube has gone over a million views. Here we go again.

 

That whole performance was super great, I love the atmosphere from keyakizaka46, they really worked to chose and train the girls in such a cohesive manner and keeps them feeling very cool and calm.(and obviously the girls worked really hard to get to this point, I just mean they were a great selection for this)

 

Suzumon is starting to worry me. She looks really tired in that performance and it's been 2 weeks since her last blog update... I hope everything is going well backstage for her ):

 

I noticed that too! Whenever I see her recently she looks really down and out, not only when she performs, but during the interview parts too. It might be a mixture of nerves/they're really busy these days and she's probably not 100% used to it yet.

 

Someone on Twitter said that she's sick, but I really don't know if that's true. I hope she's okay...

 

A little crossposting from the KeyaKake thread

 

She missed the STRIPE Yukata Festival 2016-07-16 because of poor health - http://www.keyakizaka46.com/mob/news/newsShw.php?site=k46o&ima=0754&cd=E00017
Hopefully she is feeling better soon.

 

Also liked the natural talking WAAAAAY more

 

I'm not really comfortable with Neru's live speaking part, she sounds too soft and a bit out of breath.

Also I wonder why they don't give Keyaki performance costume. Nogi always have a different performance costume than the uniform they wear at variety show.