Hey everyone!
I hope that we put on an energetic stage for those who attended our SERA00 Stage last Saturday. Some of us were just a bit more tired than usual...
Maybe that has to do with the fact that almost the entire SERA00 population woke up at 4 AM to watch the AKB48 37th Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo?
It started out with one laptop, a couple of girls, and the live internet stream. Then a couple more girls, some noise and commotion, more girls, even more girls, a cranky theater manager, and then finally the live stream was gloriously broadcasted for all of SERA00 to watch.
First, what's AKB48? It is one of Japan's largest, successful, and most popular girl groups of all time (excuse the bias). AKB48 was the inspiration behind SERA00, so every member knows about AKB, and that was why there were so many of us keen to wake up at crazy o' clock to watch the elections live.
Ok. Wait, you say, elections?? With around 300 members in AKB and it's sister groups, they hold an election, or a sousenkyo, annually to decide the line-up for the next single. Fans can vote in a variety of methods, with the most prominent method as buying their latest single which contains a voting code. As shallow as this whole process may seem, it is actually a widely anticipated massive event broadcast on media.
Soooo, what happened was that when Ms. Tallan arrived on scene, there were so many girls trying to watch it that she broadcasted the stream on a large screen in the theatre, where the members ended up spending well over 4 hours in the morning watching the AKB48 Sousenkyo.
I myself am an avid fan of AKB48. As a Mayuyu and Takamina oshi, I was disappointed that we couldn't help Takamina reach kami7 like she wished for, but was overall extremely pleased with Mayuyu winning first. She is living proof that hard work pays off (stole Takamina's catch phrase >.<). Mayu wanted it so badly, worked so hard for it, and was finally rewarded as she took the top place in the election. Let's finish off with some more pictures~
What do you think of this year's sousenkyo?
ReplyDeleteAhh to be honest, I haven't been following AKB as closely lately. While I can appreciate the fact that Sasshi has made history with first place for two consecutive years, I don't think I'm qualified enough to comment on it, or any of the other rankings' significance anymore.
DeleteHowever, what remains of the Mayuyu fan inside me does wish it had turned out a little differently :P