Event / Concert AKB48 53rd Single Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo (2018/06/16)

Concert starting up in 20 minutes (Will air on TV but not be streamed on AKB48 Official's Youtube).

 

... It happened?

What? Really? Is it on Sky Perfect TV because all I see is some TV show.

 

Main Concert doesn't start till 10:30am JST

 

The thread will be closed for the duration of the main event (concert and results announcements).

Please feel free to join the discussion on the official Stage48 Discord Channel! Instructions here: http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?threads/the-official-stage48-discord-server-is-now-open.21990/

 

If you're tuning in for the sousenkyo, please note that they are streaming it on YouTube for international audiences this year so please watch it there.

If you need livetweeting/translations of the speeches, you can follow me at twitter.com/ithebigc.

 

Thread reopened. Hope everyone enjoyed the event and remember to keep it civil.

 

Welp. I'm not mad Jurina won. She deserved it. I thought her winning wpuld be boring.. boy was I wrong.... Holy shit. Dasu beat Ogiyuka and Sakura? I never would have thought that. Oba Mina in senbatsu? and Tomu in Kami 7? Miru dropped out of senbatsu? Katomina got her redemption. Okappa and Rika Hima disappearing into the abyss as we speak... This was hella entertaining. and lol @ miichan and katorena

 

All my favs lost this year, it was tragic. Renacchi and Nakai dropped, Yuiyui didnt enter senbatsu and Sakura got #3

Congrats to Jurina and SKE fans

 

That Dasu surprise. And ObaMina!!!

But congrats to Jurina on doing it after 10 years. She was all smiles. A good Nagoya win. I could see SKE holding the crown for a few more years.

Even with all the drops, this senbatsu still had an edge of excitement and surprise but still ended the way I thought it would. Jurina had too much to lose.

 

Congrats to Jurina on FINALLY winning it all (and technically completing the 48G Triple Crown).

VERY unexpected #2 (If You had Dasu as #2, you are lying your ass off lol).

 

You know, I don't want to offend people but after found out that sakura is #3, I kinda wish dasu could snatch #1 just to see how kuyashii jurina will be

 

It seems like SKE fans withdrawed all the money they have for this election. I mean, they got 1 and 2!

But yey Tomu
Aww Ogiyuka
Also, Kojimako, Renacchi

 

When they announced Sakura in third place, I wish Jurina to be lost for Dasu to make an epic election.

 

what a surprise for Dasu at 2nd place !!!! congrats to Jurina winning her 1st SSK

 

Aww Ogiyuka's speech, she's so precious

 

Renacchi deserved better.

 

Aside from Churi falling out of senbatsu and Kaotan failing to make it back in it is a great night for SKE fans. Most of the people fans want to rank in do rank in. And I am so glad for:
1. Akarin getting the credit she deserves. I have always felt like people disregard her even though she is Kami7 and all. She has really become the kind of idol worth admiring.
2. Nao staying in senbatsu. I hope management notice her after this. Girl is nothing if not preservance.
3. Ryouha and Maayan and Yuki-chan in Undergirls. People can stop calling Ryouha a flop push now (at least for one year when she still has not fallen from the rank). Maayan is a real surprise, I genuinely lost hope for her after Next Girl. And Yuki-chan !!!
4. And of course my queen Jurina in first. The vote counts are really something!!!
5. Mikotti rank-in ! I legitly cried twice this evening, one is for Jurina, the other is for Mikotti. 10-year of hard work is not in vain.

 

This sousenkyou was epic & intense
SKE fans did a really good job overall
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Sorry I LOLed so hard at Renacchi & Rikachan

 

Congrats Jurina & SKE. RIP NMB.

I hope people will stop complaining about NGT "rich" fans. They put all resources into SSK just to get more or less similar results as last year. NGT seems to be everywhere, but they have only 10-11 1st gen members ranking in, and they needed to vote for 22+5 members. The money they put on SSK is 1/3, 1/4 of AKB, HKT, or SKE. They just have a very effective strategy on preliminary.

 

I did think of that... "Is it possible?! Maybe? But Sakura is at 3... It is possible! No way, it's not! No way, Dasu would beat Jurina.. Stranger things have happened this evening..."

It was a rollercoaster