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>>3101825
>℃-ute > AKB
Considering how Itano Tomomi and Erika Umeda stack up against each other, I would think otherwise~

>>2831577
Hello and welcome to "Reminiscing things happened 10 years ago to make ourselves feel better".
In case you haven't been living under a rock ever since, you must have surely noticed that the whole idol showbiz has suffered a huge crunch in the last decade partly due to the very mismanagement fuck-ups and general hegemony on the part of H!P, so as it stands now thinking that anyone can convince one milion and a half blokes to buy their single again is nonsense simply because such a big scope of audience doesn't exist anymore.
With that said, when taking into account the current situation of both groups you would see that AKB48 has better odds of coming out on top than MM has of earning themselves a comeback into the mainstream or at the very least redeeming their former popularity.
Dismal sales? Yeah, success didn't come knocking at their door instantly, but perseverance and hard working as well as ACTUAL TALENT has helped them earn proper recognition. Look at MM instead: they started with a boom and fizzled out into oblivion little by little. Are you seriously such a thunderous idiot to believe that the current lineup doesn't owe every ounce of their limited popularity on those who preceded them? If they used to sell six figures sales 8 years ago then why can't they get as many suckers to buy their singles nowadays? I can't deny that during the years they have effectively left a mark, but if those girls have actually something to prove why can't they mirror the past successes anymore? Shouldn't everyone know their names as of now?
Also, I appreciate your efforts at trying to justify their laziness but I think you fogot that the old MM, those who started it all, used to be everywhere all the time in their heydays as well. Exposures comes with success.
Or perhaps you're just of like mind with the idiots at UFA and think that having Koharu and her brigade release pheromones downwind is the best way to attract customers, who knows.