[GENERAL] The STU48 Thread

I'm not really feeling this senbatsu, I'm only interested in three of the girls and they're near the back. I'm super excited for the girls to get back on showroom though.

 

I don't really know much about the senbatsu members, so I won't be disappointed just yet haha. I'm excited to see what the centre is like though!

 

Awe! My three girls didn't make it! Sigh. Oh well. What's really surprising is that they didn't do what BtW did with their Senbatsu: huge Senbatsu, but had 16 "media girls," only 16 girls performed at a time? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I'm baffled by how many people are 'disappointed' already by STU and they haven't even debuted lol

All we've seen from the girls is SR and a bit of singing from the auditions, so just wait and see.

The only absence that surprises me is Cuca.
I don't know if they're playing already the underdog card or she isn't just at the level of the rest.
Or maybe they chose those who are blatantly bad so we see the progress.
Who knows.

 

I'm not necessarily "disappointed" with STU48, I've just lost some of my hype for this particular song (which already wasn't going to have an mv so I was kind of sad about that anyway). I'm excited hear what kind of sound they're gonna go for, finally get some profile pictures and see the girls on showroom again.

 

I think the song will eventually get a PV. Maybe in their first single?
It's their very first song anyway.

I guess that's the reason.
Still, 16 is a good number (THE sacred number in 48G), and I like that there's parity when it comes to girls from each prefecture.

I wonder if they'll continue having this X girls from each + NaSa for each song or they'll just go with the best of the bunch no matter where they're from.

 

For the next singles they'll probably have a better idea about which members to push. They probably decided based on the schedule. Regarding Kurumin (75), I don't think it was due age, otherwise they would have dropped her in the second audition. Just like the ASH girls, there wasn't a place for her.

Or maybe they are going to release a ballad or some other slow song, and thus the girls with good performance skills and stamina aren't necessary (giving the rest an opportunity to be senbatsu).

I just hope they stick with 16 members, 14 if Sasshi and Naachan are there. The fewer the available spots, the harder they'll work and thus, the more rewarding it'll be for them. Really, 16 is their magic number. I really thought they would place someone young as center as with HKT and NGT first songs, so I was pretty surprised.

 

agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain... Sassi Nana... if I want to see them I just go to see many interesting AKB anf HKT TV programs, MVs, concerts... but STU...OMG

 

My favorite after listening to STU48 Audition clip

No.31 石田千穂 Ishida Chiho
No.8 市岡愛弓 Ichioka Ayumi
No.22 今村美月 Imamura Mitsuki
No.10 大谷満理奈 Ootani Marina
No.71 門脇実優菜 Kadowaki Miyuna
No.75 佐野遥 Sano Haruka
No.23 新谷野々花 Shintani Nonoka
No.29 瀧野由美子 Takino Yumiko
No.25 峯吉愛梨沙 Mineyoshi Arisa

HOLY...I googled their name and find that some of them are former ASH members !!!! (Nakamoto Himeka was there and so many talented girl)

Most of my picks are potential good vocals in the future.


And one thing that I've recognized.... Ootani Marina followed my twitter before when she was ASH Girl ! She only had approximately 700 followers back then , but now she's STU48 member! Holy...

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her twitter
I'm impressed with Ichioka Ayumi and Imamura Mitsuki the most.

And then...im disappointed a little bit because only 2 members in above list take part in their first song

 

Actually, you need a good voice to sing a ballad lol. It takes a lot less to sing a energetic song. Also, the stamina part is bullsh*t. We all know that 99% of the members lip sync anyways.

 

I'm slightly disappointed that all the girls I like didn't end up in the first senbatsu, but... uh, my list is longer than the senbatsu list, so it was inevitable... lol

Here's my list of those who I thought were good and stood out to me:

Senbatsu:
Ichioka Ayumi
Fujiwara Azusa
Cho Orie
Fukuda Akari
Mori Kaho
Torobu Yuri
Mishima Haruka
Taniguchi Mahina

Others:
Ishida Chiho
Ishida Minami
Imamura Mitsuki
Otani Marina
Kuroiwa Yui
Sakaki Miyu
Shioi Hinako
Shintani Nonoka
Sugahara Saki
Tanaka Kouko
Mineyoshi Arisa
Morishita Maiha
Yano Honoka

I'll admit I first took interest only because of Miyu but there's a LOT of pretty good singers and performers from what I can tell from the audition clips, so I'm really optimistic. Hope their songs are good.

The symmetrical formation makes me think that it's really just to have variety and the Team S(whatever number) and usual senbatsu going forward would be different... I mean, with future auditions and graduations it'd be pretty tough to keep senbatsu and each team exactly equal in terms of number of people from wherever. lol

 

I'm just so glad Hina made the cut... and first row, at that
Ahahah 3 yamaguchi girls crashing it
I hope Cuca is the underdog, I really hope so.

 

AKB48 was one of the latest groups to actually do live singing, before they only did lipsync'ing, but lately they have done much more live singing. And the senbatsu members are given the real mics, while the back ones are given the fake ones.

A ballad alone requires an extremely good voice, but a ballad sang by 16 girls doesn't. And you prevent girls with very little experience having to remember both dancing routines and lyrics.

While it's everything we have, we shouldn't consider the singing prowess of these girls by just their audition video, as some could have been hampered by nervousness. And we should also remember this is an idol group, so the threshold for being a senbatsu/center member is pretty low.

 

AKB doing live singing. Very funny

If the girls are nervous because they are at an audition, wouldn't they be more nervous being in front of professional recording equipments and a person that will guide them on how to sing the song? Also, some girls are straight up tone deaf. They aren't even nervous