[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Poor Wonyoung

 

https://www.jkt48.com/news/detail/id/1087

JKT48 Team KIII opening a proposal of setlist from fans. I think instead of reusing old setlists (which always the overused one) AKBGroup should do this more. It would be a refreshment

 

Nekojita SHOWROOM (AKB48) (2019-03-01)

https://48idol.com/video/13319

 

https://imgur.com/a/anHnBf9

 

Hoah now I wonder if any Japan48 has audition, gonna have very few applicants because of:

1. NGT48 disaster
2. Looking at Juri, why join 48 if if a girl can just go to Korea?

Well, true fans will always be, we can see Mahopyon who still being an AKB48 fan and aspired to join the group and it came true. Please reward her.

2019 JKT48 got original songs then 2020 I expect JKT48 to have original stages ~ but I wish KIII would get Ramune no Nomikata

 

Juri can go to Korea because she came in AKB and did Produce 48.
Without those, it would be tougher to look for a career there.
And not alll the former contestants will have such an opportunity.

 

Well J-idols and K-idols are very different. You join for different reasons. Also the obvious culture/language issues can come up.

 

im pretty sure 90% people wanna be k-idols nowadays because the glamorous and recognition that you may have gotten.

 

I'm one of the 10%. Becoming an indie musician can still get many fangirls like The 1975.

Sorry for OOT.

Well, I don't mean to pester but the reason why not going to Korea is that Korean are racists. Look at Blackpink's Lisa incident.

 

racists are everywhere, not wise to label the whole population of a country just because some bad apples

 

Because to get into a Korean company you have to either be good at singing/rap/dancing or be VERY good looking. In AKB48 they are looking for more personality then looks/skills.

It depends on what your strong points are and what you want to be known for.

 

Saying Korean are racists while talking about Japanese is like the pot calling the kettle black.

 

Racists are everywhere, but they aren't tolerated and catered to everywhere the way they are in Korea. It's practically part of their national identity, and companies regularly cave to pressure from those "bad apples".

On average the two countries express their racism in very different ways. Japanese racism mostly only affects themselves, Koreans seem keen to export theirs.

 

TGSK left on a very bad note, but aside from that he was a better manager than all who came after.

 

Well, I'll keep Hosoi resignation in the ever-longer list of strangereal things in AKS intern then.

 

I am confused about this. He had to resign because someone shared a photo of him drinking?? He is a grown man, right? And I'm assuming he wasn't drinking with any underage idols or anything? Are AKB managers actually prohibited from going out for a drink on their own time?