Single AKB48 59th [Moto Kare Desu] (2022/05/18)

Not sure about 'better' but I believe Naachan and Yuirii are both quite decent as well.

From looking at the lineup, I feel like they went with good singers and cute looking members more so than good dancers, with the exception of Hitomi herself (who's more of a dancer than a singer).

I feel like there isn't a lot of 'dance' members left at the moment. Yokoyama Yui (8) was known as a good dancer, but she recently graduated. I thought Yasuda Kana was quite good too, but she is graduating in about 2 weeks as well. Oda Erina isn't bad, but I feel like she's more of a singer. Yumoto Ami and Kobayashi Ran are good dancers in my opinion, but Yuami has been ignored for years now and Ran-chan has gained some publicity last year, but not much. And neither of them are senbatsu or popular members, unfortunately.

As a Ran-chan oshi, obviously I want Ran to be picked for senbatsu, but I hope they'll take a chance on her and put her in a line-up so more people can notice her.

I think Hiichan is a good center choice because she has stage presence, she can perform well and she's recognised by a lot of people right now. But I think they'll either have to go with Naachan and more vocal-based singles in the future, or pick some more dancers for future line-ups. Maybe there's some good dancers among 17th Generation

 

My opinion is they choose Hiichan as center so a dance focused song is chosen to fit her, not because it's a dance song so they choose Hiichan. And talking about good dancers, Naachan and Yuiri are decent dancers, Erii can't dance but Yuiyui and Zukky can, and then don't forget Naru and Miu although they aren't center candidates. You don't need to be the best dancer to center a song through, if a dance song is all about the best dancer then Team K won't be left out years after years.
I think Hiichan is a good choice and I'm all with her. But not because she's the best dancer is just her talent, her stage presence, her fandom, her recognition, public interest in her right now is "the right time", good for her and for the whole group.

 

To be more precise.

Murayama Yuiri 4/72 (4)
Honda Hitomi 4/72 (1)
Kashiwagi Yuki 0/72 (2)
Okada Nana 6/48 (4)

 

Yes.

 

Well at least she got to be in her group for several years before receiving this so-called "hate". Because you were hating on a Nogizaka girl literally just days after she debuted. At least nobody here is saying Hiichan should be pressured by fans into graduating or saying she should be kicked out by management like you said about this other girl. Even more hypocritical that you point the finger at AKB wotas for not caring about singing and dancing skill while urging a girl with talent in singing to quit the moment she debuts because she doesn't have an "oujou sama" image.

 

Online Talk sales
1st Sales 2 Round (11th to 14th March)

Spoiler: Team A

18/72 (+14) Honda Hitomi
01/72 (+01) Mukaichi Mion
40/48 (+34) Okada Nana
00/48 (+00) Chiba Erii
00/48 (+00) Nagano Serika
00/44 (+00) Iwatate Saho
00/44 (+00) Komiyama Haruka
00/44 (+00) Fukuoka Seina
00/40 (+00) Shimizu Maria
00/40 (+00) Yoshihashi Yuzuka
00/36 (+00) Otake Hitomi
01/36 (+01) Okabe Rin
00/36 (+00) Ma Chia-Ling
00/33 (+00) Takahashi Sayaka
00/30 (+00) Muto Orin
00/12 (+00) Nakanishi Chiyori
00/12 (+00) Michieda Saki
00/00 (+00) Saito Haruna
00/00 (+00) Mitomo Mashiro

Spoiler: Team K

00/72 (+00) Yamauchi Mizuki
00/60 (+00) Onishi Momoka
00/60 (+00) Taguchi Manaka
00/55 (+00) Oda Erina
00/48 (+00) Muto Tomu
00/48 (+00) Mogi Shinobu
00/48 (+00) Yamane Suzuha
00/33 (+00) Hama Sayuna
00/30 (+00) Takahashi Ayane
00/30 (+00) Hattori Yuna
00/24 (+00) Uemi Sorano
00/24 (+00) Okuhara Hinako
00/24 (+00) Kobayashi Ran
00/24 (+00) Shimoguchi Hinana
00/12 (+00) Ichikawa Manami
00/12 (+00) Yamabe Ayu
00/12 (+00) Yumoto Ami

Spoiler: Team B

13/72 (+13) Kashiwagi Yuki
00/60 (+00) Asai Nanami
24/54 (+20) Oguri Yui
00/48 (+00) Inagaki Kaori
00/44 (+00) Omori Maho
00/44 (+00) Sakaguchi Nagisa
00/36 (+00) Suzuki Kurumi
00/36 (+00) Tokunaga Remi
00/36 (+00) Hidaritomo Ayaka
00/36 (+00) Fukutome Mitsuho
00/36 (+00) Fujizono Rei
00/36 (+00) Yamada Kyoka
00/33 (+00) Ishiwata Sena
00/30 (+00) Shinozaki Ayana
00/24 (+00) Sato Minami
00/24 (+00) Hashimoto Haruna
00/16 (+00) Hirano Hikaru
00/12 (+00) Kitazawa Saki
00/12 (+00) Nagano Megumi

Spoiler: Team 4

45/72 (+41) Murayama Yuiri
00/72 (+00) Kuranoo Narumi
00/48 (+00) Sakagawa Hiyuka
00/48 (+00) Shitao Miu
00/48 (+00) Taniguchi Megu
00/48 (+00) Yoshikawa Nanase
00/44 (+00) Nagatomo Ayami
00/40 (+00) Sasaki Yukari
00/36 (+00) Tada Kyoka
00/36 (+00) Yoshida Karen
00/33 (+00) Gyoten Yurina
00/24 (+00) Omori Miyuu
00/24 (+00) Okada Rina
00/21 (+00) Kawahara Misaki
00/18 (+00) Utada Hatsuka
00/16 (+00) Takaoka Kaoru
00/12 (+00) Kurosu Haruka
00/12 (+00) Sato Kiara

Total: 142/2,652 (+124) [05.35% of all tickets sold out]
Team A: 60/695 [08.63%]
Team K: 00/616 [00.00%]
Team B: 37/689 [05.37%]
Team 4: 45/652 [06.90%]

* The percentage of tickets is based solely on sold-out slots. The actual number is probably higher but inaccessible to the public.

Note 1: I put Team 8 members in their concurrent teams because that's how they're listed on the online talk website.
Note 2: People could only buy up to 10 slots for this sales round.

Also, personal comment, but I feel like you guys hate Team K for no reason Why the hell hasn't even Zukkii sold out a single slot yet T_T

 

To be more precise.

Murayama Yuiri 45/72 (5)
Honda Hitomi 18/72 (3)
Kashiwagi Yuki 13/72 (3)
Mukaichi Mion 1/72 (1)
Yamauchi Mizuki 0/72 (2)
Kuranoo Narumi 0/72 (1)
Oguri Yui 24/54 (5)
Okada Nana 40/48 (2)
Omori Maho 0/44 (1)
Okabe Rin 1/36 (2)

 

Last single at 2nd round of 1st sale, Zukki only sold out 1 slot (with smaller total slots). This time 2 slots almost sold out I don't think that she's drawing back.

Wow Mahopyon, may the push finally work out.

 

What's the meaning of the number in ()?

 

It means how many slots are nearly sold out - "Murayama Yuiri 45/72 (5)" means that she has 45 slots sold out entirely, but another 5 are nearly sold out. You can expect that during the next round, Yuiri will have 50+ slots sold out. It's very likely but it's not guaranteed.

 

Thank you....
Good to know that.

 

It's basically guaranteed that Yuiri will have 72/72 at the end of the current round. Maybe through sheer chance a couple slots will remain open, but she'll certainly have way more than 50.

Same goes for the other members who've already sold out a number of slots. If you want to talk to them you need to apply this round.

Still in limited rounds fighting over the hyper popular members. 3rd round is the first unlimited round so expect a lot more sold out slots and a lot more people applying for their actual oshimen.

 

Team 8 has a lot of promising dance oriented members, some are even juniors. It was a revelation to me when Ayaka beat Hitomi on that pseudo freestyle dance off in that 17live stream, I was expecting Hitomi would win, probably many others did as well. Come to think of it, correct me if I'm wrong, but I observed they delegate the more energetic or dance intensive songs to Team 8. Too dance oriented even, I only know of Erina as their vocalist. Variety ability is very high among the eito.

 

A few girls uploaded some photos in costume on Twitter
Zukki:

https://twitter.com/MizukiYamauchi/status/1503528074721501185

Megu:

https://twitter.com/o_megu1112/status/1501694723106668546

Odaeri:

https://twitter.com/odaeri_425/status/1503540865158983681

Miu:

https://twitter.com/miumiu_0403/status/1501544450060795904

I'm curious about this.
when was it ? Is it still online ?

 

Saw the silver Outfits... and my thoghts: please no! It looks so boring Where are the colorful outifts like in the past?

 

Online Talk sales
1st Sales 3rd Round (14th to 15th March)

Spoiler: Team A

52/72 (+34) Honda Hitomi (4)
14/72 (+13) Mukaichi Mion (4)
48/48 (+08) Okada Nana (1st Sales 3rd Round sold out)
02/48 (+02) Chiba Erii
00/48 (+00) Nagano Serika
03/44 (+03) Iwatate Saho
02/44 (+02) Fukuoka Seina (1)
01/44 (+01) Komiyama Haruka
01/40 (+01) Yoshihashi Yuzuka
00/40 (+00) Shimizu Maria
30/36 (+29) Okabe Rin (4)
00/36 (+00) Otake Hitomi
00/36 (+00) Ma Chia-Ling
00/33 (+00) Takahashi Sayaka
00/30 (+00) Muto Orin
00/12 (+00) Nakanishi Chiyori
00/12 (+00) Michieda Saki
00/00 (+00) Saito Haruna
00/00 (+00) Mitomo Mashiro

Spoiler: Team K

06/72 (+06) Yamauchi Mizuki (4)
04/60 (+04) Taguchi Manaka (1)
00/60 (+00) Onishi Momoka
06/55 (+06) Oda Erina (1)
03/48 (+03) Mogi Shinobu (1)
02/48 (+02) Muto Tomu (1)
00/48 (+00) Yamane Suzuha
00/33 (+00) Hama Sayuna
00/30 (+00) Takahashi Ayane
00/30 (+00) Hattori Yuna
00/24 (+00) Uemi Sorano
00/24 (+00) Okuhara Hinako
00/24 (+00) Kobayashi Ran
00/24 (+00) Shimoguchi Hinana
00/12 (+00) Ichikawa Manami
00/12 (+00) Yamabe Ayu
00/12 (+00) Yumoto Ami

Spoiler: Team B

55/72 (+32) Kashiwagi Yuki (5)
02/60 (+02) Asai Nanami (1)
54/54 (+30) Oguri Yui (1st Sales 3rd Round sold out)
00/48 (+00) Inagaki Kaori (1)
02/44 (+02) Omori Maho
03/44 (+03) Sakaguchi Nagisa (1)
00/36 (+00) Suzuki Kurumi
00/36 (+00) Tokunaga Remi
00/36 (+00) Hidaritomo Ayaka
00/36 (+00) Fukutome Mitsuho
00/36 (+00) Fujizono Rei
00/36 (+00) Yamada Kyoka
00/33 (+00) Ishiwata Sena
00/30 (+00) Shinozaki Ayana
00/24 (+00) Sato Minami
00/24 (+00) Hashimoto Haruna
00/16 (+00) Hirano Hikaru
00/12 (+00) Kitazawa Saki
00/12 (+00) Nagano Megumi

Spoiler: Team 4

72/72 (+27) Murayama Yuiri (1st Sales 3rd Round sold out)
33/72 (+33) Kuranoo Narumi (2)
00/48 (+00) Sakagawa Hiyuka
02/48 (+02) Shitao Miu
00/48 (+00) Taniguchi Megu
00/48 (+00) Yoshikawa Nanase
00/44 (+00) Nagatomo Ayami
00/40 (+00) Sasaki Yukari
00/36 (+00) Tada Kyoka
00/36 (+00) Yoshida Karen
00/33 (+00) Gyoten Yurina
00/24 (+00) Omori Miyuu
00/24 (+00) Okada Rina
00/21 (+00) Kawahara Misaki
00/18 (+00) Utada Hatsuka
00/16 (+00) Takaoka Kaoru
00/12 (+00) Kurosu Haruka
00/12 (+00) Sato Kiara

Total: 416/2,652 (+274 since 1st Sales 2nd Round) [15.69% of all tickets sold out]
Team A: 153/695 [22.01%]
Team K: 040/616 [06.49%]
Team B: 116/689 [18.83%]
Team 4: 107/652 [16.41%]

Comparison with 58th Single (1st Sales 3rd Round)
Total: 473/2,743 [17.24%] -1,55%

* The percentage of tickets is based solely on sold-out slots. The actual number is probably higher but inaccessible to the public.

Note: I put Team 8 members in their concurrent teams because that's how they're listed on the online talk website.

 

To be more precise.

Kashiwagi Yuki 55/72 (5)
Honda Hitomi 52/72 (4)
Kuranoo Narumi 33/72 (2)
Mukaichi Mion 14/72 (4)
Yamauchi Mizuki 7/72 (4)
Taguchi Manaka 4/60 (1)
Asai Nanami 2/60 (1)
Oda Erina 6/55 (1)
Mogi Shinobu 3/48 (1)
Muto Tomu 2/48 (1)
Sakaguchi Nagisa 3/44 (1)
Fukuoka Seina 2/44 (1)
Inagaki Kaori 0/48 (1)
Okabe Rin 30/36 (4)

EDIT: I posted without looking at it. Tee-hee! xP

 

As expected, that was the last round to get tickets for Yuiri (and Naachan, and Yuiyui).

Spoiler

(Though really, the previous round was if you wanted any certainty. Lost all my Yuiri applications this time )

 

They appeared with the new costumes at Sakiin Kita. I believe it will be something very different, not expected from AKB. Maybe a more experimental song with futuristic vibes, judging by the costumes and also the makeup and hairstyles. I can be completely wrong of course haha