/jp/ - Otaku Culture

How do you judge the popularity of girls in Japan? It's hard to tell if the thread represents real life. All I can really go by is when I walk in the konbini and see who's on magazine covers? Right now Haruppi seems very popular based on that alone. She's not my oshi or anything but I'd like to see her do well in the election. Though to be honest her surgery was a big turn off for me. I used to be a much bigger fan of hers.