Event / Concert AKB48 49th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo (17/06/17)

Sure, but they don't play at home all weekends. Since it's not an event that takes a week or so they could easily find a date.

 

Don't really see the point tbh (Since none of them are going to rank).

 

PR purposes

 

Why wait? lol

I want to see if the two SR monsters make it, at least, in the prelims.

 

Pretty meaningless. Just going to hurt them because no one will rank on their first SSK. Stupid decision lmao.
But hey, maybe it means we'll get profiles soon.

 

Its not gonna hurt them tho, thy know they wont rank. If anything, its good for them to get their names called at the beginning.

 

Nah, not that. People will look down at them when they rank for the first time on the 3rd Sousenkyo (for example) instead of the 2nd one, saying they aren't as strong and so on. There is absolutely no need in that.

 

Well Ryoka won't be in the SSK (as she just announced her graduation).

Agreed.

Plus you won't have that one (or two in SKE48's case) girl who will pretty much stand out and rank on their 1st try.

 

Wow i dont know why most of akb young member graduates fast

Well there's a chance katomina rank on her first ssk

 

What's the betting the SSK announcer dude will screw up their name...like STK48 or something

 

STU48 will get a reality check in this SSK.....it will be a miracle to rank

 

That's EXACTLY why I don't want to them to participate.
Katomina had an interval of almost a year between their first performance and the Sousenkyo (August -> June). STU will have, what, two months at best, as they are going to be revealed in April?
So when people will look back at STU48, they will think they flopped because no-one ranked.

 

You know, sorry if that sounds harsh, but the people in this forum aren't an order of magnitude smarter than the average Japanese fan. If so many people here realise that they didn't rank because it was too early and not for lack of merit, for sure the Japanese fans will too. Maybe a little bit of fan indignation will even work in their favour.

 

This is the same they did with Team 8 though.
They introduced them during RH on the very last day of applications for the SSK.

I doubt any of them thinks they'll be able to rank. They know how the group functions and having close to no chance of doing it.

I don't get this anger towards them when it's management's choice.
They probably want to see if the super SR spenders spend as much money on this than on the streaming service.

 

I think no one from STU is going to rank, their story simillar to 8's.

 

There's the possibility of having a SR event during the campaign period so I'm not sure if it would encourage the big spenders to vote but spend those on gifts which would only takes clicks.