/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>18276326

Yuko and the rest of the Kami 7 were much closer to her in popularity than SKE/NMB members are to J/S though. Even then it took a while for AKB to settle after Acchan left.

>>18276346
>>18276335

but couldn't you say Sasshi helped keep HKT relatively stable? They've always had less sales than SKE/NMB due to location (Osaka and Nagoya are the 2nd and 3rd biggest metros in Japan) but didn't experience too much of a drop in the last few years whereas SKE/NMB sales plummeted.by nearly half in the same time frame.

>>18276352
>>18276356
>>18276362

What would be the alternative then. Even if they are the focus of attention at least those two draw attention to the groups as a whole and increase the chance of people becoming fans of other members. There's no guarantee that giving them the boot will allow the rest of the members to flourish immediately.

>>18276484
>>18276546

At least Jurina's votes have still been consistently rising even if it has been minimal between 2016-17, which could possibly be fans not going all out knowing she can't beat Sasshi or a last-SSK buffed Mayuyu last year. I wouldn't be surprised if she passes 120k votes this year.

In the meantime Akari (next highest SKE) actually dropped in votes by 5k whilst Nao/Akane gained substantial votes. Its safe to say that the members' individual growths aren't tied down to Jurina's

>>18276546
If you are going by this year's RH every group except NGT was an abject failure.