What if your oshimen was transferred to SDN48 tomorrow?

This. It's hard enough for foreign fans to see AKB girls, let alone SDN...

 

I felt it was the perfect situation for Meetan (my oshimen) even before she came to terms with it herself. The Budokan shuffles showed that AKB was about to go through some major changes. And let's face it, Meetan (along with Nonti and CinDy) were getting a bit old for AKB. So SDN was the perfect vehicle for them to stay in the AKB family, instead of their inevitable graduations. At the end of the day, I think Meetan is perfectly placed in SDN. It is more her speed as an idol anyway.

Now she is in Horipro. Doing more and more acting, which is really her strong suit. I couldn't be happier for the way things worked out for her. And I think if you asked Ohori herself, she would probably say the same thing now. Even if she didn't initially feel that way.

EDIT: I don't think it's fair to point out the lack of exposure to foreign fans. Obviously there is more exposure to those who are in Japan (or have visited Japan and have seen SDN perform). Management has taken a year to develop the group, and now they are beginning to push the group more. I trust the process. AkiP wouldn't have created SDN if he didn't have a long term plan for success.

 

Yeah, but the question was how would WE feel, not how would the Japanese feel, or how the girls would feel. It might be selfish but that's what we were asked. I'd prefer the girls to remain in the 48 group with SDN than vanish forever, and I'm sure different and new opportunities would arise and I'd still support them, but since this is 'my choice' I'd naturally want to see them as much as possible, in AKB48.

 

Maybe I'm just reading into this....

But I just find it sad that there seems to be a lot of resistance to SDN48 in this thread. I think that much of it is due to the lack of SDN info available to those that have never seen them in person. SDN48 is a really great group, and if you ever took the time to see them in person I think some of these opinions might change.

Also, I find some of the opinions to be quite "elitist". I'm not sure if that is the best adjective for it, but whatever. It is as if SDN is some sort of "step down" for an AKB idol. I find that thought process a bit sad.

I could say a bit more on the subject, but I don't want to start a flamewar or anything like that. So I will just say that I love SDN48, and I invite you to go see what they are really about before you classify them as some sort of 2nd class idol organization.

 

I think you can see the question as simple or deep, it depends on how much you look into it.

But I don't know about anyone else but I don't know that much about SDN48 or their performances not by choice but because they've never given me a way to watch them. I can't afford to go to Japan to see them so without any LODs or DVD releases that I know of I can't judge them.

Also it's natural for people to not be as interested in something that they don't have access to. We've seen it so many times, people (in general) weren't interested in Team B because it was usually only A/K girls getting on TV, until LODs came out and suddenly we got to see the Team B girls at their best and they gained a lot of fans. Same with SKE48, and now we're seeing it again with NMB48 because we know nothing.

And I think the fact that a lot of votes are probably from people with oshimen who are relatively young so they can't really imagine the girl being in with a group who, rightly or wrongly, is basically known as the "older women who are all sexy and adult". I mean the "adults only show" still equals "lapdance and strip show" for people who've only heard vague descriptions of SDN48. Maybe everyone in Japan and the people who have had the chance to see them live can judge them differently, but we can only judge them based on what the internet spoon-feeds us.